RYA Yachtmaster™ Fast Track
Booking details
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Joining Instructions: Please click here for course joining instructions
The RYA Yachtmaster Exam application fee isn’t included in the above cost. Please click here to print-off the RYA Yachtmaster exam application form:
Recommended Reading: RYA Day Skipper Handbook Sail (G71), RYA Yacht Sailing Techniques (G94), RYA Yachtmaster™ scheme and syllabus (G158), Commodore Yachting programme syllabus
Course Prerequisites: None required, although some sailing experience is preferred.
Minimum Age: 18+
Holiday & Skippers Insurance: We would advise ALL our customers to ensure they have suitable holiday & Skippers insurance in-place. Yachtsman’s insurance is available from a variety of souces like Topsail Insurance and can cover things like cancellations and personal effects cover.
This course is an investment in yourself. We will take you from a raw student to RYA Yachtmaster™ within an 18 week programme syllabus.
With the skills learnt on the programme you will have a great, foundation ready to start your professional career.
Read more about what we offer on our RYA Yachtmaster™ Fast Track programme that other centres don’t, here.
The RYA Yachtmaster™ Fast Track programme is designed for anyone who wants to make the sea their choice of career, and is dedicated and determined enough to invest heavily in themselves over a defined timeframe.
This course will to take your sailing to the next level with a highly respected and well-recognised professional qualification at the end.
It’s well advised that you have undertaken some sailing recently and have completed at least 100 sea miles.
This course is demanding and requires a lot of input, effort and dedication from you. We will give you all the support and guidance you need in order to help you achieve the ultimate end-goal that is the award of an RYA/MCA Yachtmaster™ qualification.
This 18 week RYA/MCA Yachtmaster™ Fast Track programme will take you from a raw student to RYA Yachtmaster™, and will cover a variety of courses and sailing exercises during your time with us.
By the end of the programme you will have hopefully achieved the end-goal in that you will be an RYA/MCA Yachtmaster™ with a great professional sailing career ahead of you.
The courses and events you’ll undertake on the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster™ Fast Track programme are:
Check out what we offer against other providers – We provide the most comprehensive package in the industry, giving you better value for money.
We put you through selected training courses twice, reinforcing your learning experience without putting you under pressure to get it right first time around.
Accommodation is also included for the full 18 weeks, even during shore-time courses*
We even provide you with a full set of new wet-weather kit to take away with you upon completion of the course.
Why go anywhere else?
*Subject to boat availability
Courses run in a single format:
The final programme and series of courses, training time and self-experience sessions will be scheduled and agreed upon commencement. Take a look at our RYA/MCA Yachtmaster™ Fast Track programme syllabus.
Taken over a continuous 18 week period with allotted breaks for self-learning, self-sailing and revision time, this course demands dedication and hard work. The course syllabus is intensive yet achievable, and is structured to give you the best chance of success.*
If you want further information for our RYA Yachtmaster™ Fast Track programme, take a look at our detailed syllabus.
*Qualification subject to the student demonstrating a satisfactory level of performance on the RYA Yachtmaster exam to the examiners satisfaction. Passing this course is not guaranteed.
Ok so this is the big one, this is your gateway entry into a professional career in sailing, and all the places it’ll take you.
This programme will fully immerse you in the world of sailing, and will push you to your limits, demanding maximum effort from you at all times. It’s not an undertaking for anyone who thinks it’ll be easy, so prepare yourself for what will be a very demanding yet ultimately extremely satisfying investment in yourself!
Working closely with our team, you will be taught a number of different techniques and skills. You’ll build an incredible depth of knowledge and confidence that will take you forwards into your new career.
You will be sharing accommodation with your fellow students so will have to work together as a team and be adults about accommodation and sleeping arrangements.
We’ll start you off with the basics, and will encourage, guide and drive you until you’ve mastered them all. You’ll have ample self-learning slots which will include time aboard one of our fleet yachts for some quality self-sailing. This will help build confidence in skippering and crew management, amongst other skills.
From budgeting for food, to thinking about how to cook on the boat, the whole show will be a success or failure based on your decisions, truly providing an ongoing learning experience you can move forwards with.
You will be completely hands-on with the maintance and upkeep of the Yachts you are on, if somethings breaks you will be fixing it with the maintance team, or maybe at sea with your crew. Either way, you’ll need to grasp and fully understand those skills and theories in order to succeed.
All the above may sound daunting, but remember you’ve got the Premier sea school backing you all the way. Our dedicated and experienced team will guide, inform, coach and help you all the way.*
To read more about what we offer that other sea schools don’t, and how we give you the best experience and training available, why not take a look at our RYA Yachtmaster™ Fast Track syllabus.
*Qualification is subject to the student demonstrating the required level of competence to the examiner in the RYA Yachtmaster exam. Passing this course is not guaranteed.
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A fantastic weekend of sailing, almost 130 NM in all, with a relaxed, but fully engaging skipper. Great set up and brilliant on the admin. Thanks Stef, Tom et al!
Nick BI did a weeks coastal skipper course getting ready for my yacht master and I have to say it was one of the best training weeks I’ve had - our training instructor was superb, exactly the sort of person that you want. He could inspire, provide discipline and impart knowledge as well as let you learn through your own mistakes. Tom and Steph run an excellent operation there and I highly recommend it. They’re flexible and very helpful when it comes to your journey into being a qualified sailor.
Nigel Frith