Yacht-master sail : Question/Answered

• What is-this?

Le Yacht-master is an RYA certification (English Royal Yachting Association, the équivalent of the FFV) recognised by the MCA (Maritime & Coastaguard Agency, the équivalent of the french Aff Mar).

This certification includes 3 level of compétence: Coastal, Off-shore, Océan. the yacht-master is recognised in the worldwide professional pleasure commonwealth environnement, like in most current of renting sailing boat company

• For whom?

Whether your goal is to become a professional sailor or simply to benefit from a very pragmatic and interactive pedagogy, to validate an English-language certification that will allow you to safely cast off.

This graduation is made for you.

If you wish to validate your professional diploma, it must be "endorsed": to fulfil the necessary conditions for the BST (Basic Safety Training) which has 4 modules that are very useful from a practical point of view (Safety at sea/Fire fighting/First aid at sea/Maritime responsability), and the PPR online (Practical Professional Responsability) & a medical martime visit update.

• How ?

There is no specific curriculum, neither a recommanded duration, it's depending your initial bachground

(refer at First evaluation in the 3 items to define an ad hoc training project). The practical & theoretical certification are exclusively in english, like every qualifications which are proposed & limited to the area of competency from each recognised operational base.

• How long time?

A maximum duration off 3 years is recommanded for following all the Yacht-master level from coastal to Off-shore but it's not obligatory. As soon as your pre-requisities achieved, we ask you to have validated the theoretical certification of the level corresponding to the ambitious practical certifications, as well as follow at least a practical preparation of 8dys1/2 (outside the period of preparation for examination of a duration of 7dys1/2): You refer to the hierarchical chart above.

• Where ?  

We offered to you the possibility to valid your certification at start of our main base of La Rochelle, geographically centered between the English Channel and Galicia, between St-Malo & Vigo, our 2 historic bases for which we maintain an important attachment with the organization of annual building miles.

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