Grenada Bluewater Sailing provides four days of intense RYA Yachtmaster preparation.
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We help you fine tune your sailing skills and maritime knowledge for your RYA Yachtmaster Coastal or Offshore exams. Our highly popular RYA Yachtmaster preparation course is conducted on board the stunning sailing yacht Chao Lay. She is a 46 foot Beneteau Oceanis 461, based at Grenada Yacht Club. Grenada Bluewater Sailing’s RYA Yachtmaster Preparation course includes the use of Chao Lay for 5 days during the preparation and the exam. If you need to gain more experience and sea miles check out Grenada Bluewater Sailing Mile Building Charters.
The RYA Yachtmaster Preparation course covers the following subjects:
- The international regulations for preventing collisions at sea
- Safety on board and at sea
- Boat handling
- General seamanship skills
- Boat Maintenance
- Responsibilities of the Skipper
- Navigation
- Meteorology
- Signals.
RYA Yachtmaster Exam
RYA Yachtmaster ExamOn day 5, an independent RYA examiner will conduct the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal or RYA Yachtmaster Offshore exam. Candidates are given the opportunity by the examiner to demonstrate knowledge or competence in a range of theoretical and practical situations.
In each section, the examiner will expect to see the candidate take full responsibility for the management of the yacht and crew – this is where your experience and knowledge will show. This is the most important assessment that your examiner will make -a good skipper leads the crew and communicates with them, making sure they understand what is going on and listening to them when they have something to say.
In the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal exam, the candidate will be expected to demonstrate the understanding of a broad range of situations. You may not have had the opportunity to practice all aspects of the syllabus under a range of different weather conditions, however, this is taken into consideration.
In the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore exam, the candidate will be expected to demonstrate competence based on a broad experience of situations and conditions.
For more advice on passing your RYA Yachtmaster click here.