Train as a professional Yachtmaster


It’s Sunday in the south of England. 15 would-be Yachtmasters have travelled to Flying Fish at Cowes. The six women and nine men range in ages from 18 to 53. Some are newcomers to yachting, others are aiming to improve skills first learnt years ago.


They move into their new waterside home to start an adventure that will see them sailing in the Solent, crossing the English Channel to France, and gaining an impressive list of certificates.


Six weeks later 15 qualified Day Skippers are packing bags for a flight to Sydney. The second part of their course is designed to give them the skills to take command on offshore passages along the East Australia coast.


Twice a year the programme also runs entirely from Cowes, although UK Director Andy Hunt recommends the combined course including Sydney. “Passage making in the Pacific beats the English Channel,” he explains, “but if you want the quickest, best-value route to Yachtmaster, you should train with Flying Fish in the UK.”


Whether UK or Australia-trained, at the end of Part 2 our candidates have reached Coastal Skipper standard, with over 2,000 logged miles and all the experience needed to enter a Yachtmaster Offshore assessment with confidence.


Next comes a choice – to go straight into Part 3 for final exams, take time out to travel or, most exciting, join the crew training for a Yachtmaster Ocean certificate.


Flying Fish Yachtmaster courses are designed to suit every sailor. They all lead to a commercial qualification, issued either as an Offshore certificate, for charter and sailing school work, or as an Ocean certificate, for long distance deliveries.


Yachtmaster/Master of Yachts Pro Traineeship – 14 weeks Yachtmaster /Master of Yachts Ocean Traineeship – 18 weeks Yachtmaster/Master of Yachts Fast-track – 9 weeks Yachtmaster Commercial – 12 weeks


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Dates, prices and full course details at flyingfishonline.com


We offer training and assessment for professional certificates of competence from the UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) and Yachting Australia (YA). Our commercial training complies with the internationally recognised Standards of Training, Certification and Watchkeeping for Seafarers (STCW 95).


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