Professional Yachtmaster Training

The Allabroad Yachtmaster Academy in Gibraltar.

Yachtmaster Fast Track FAQ's

Does the yachtmaster offshore expire?

Once you are a qualified Yachtmaster it does not expire as such, but you will need to renew your paper licence with a new photo every few years. If however you are commercially endorsed, or you have also the STCW endorsement, then these additional endorsements do refreshing every 5 years, and your medical will need renewing every 1 to 2 years depending on the type. However, as stated above, the Yachtmaster Offshore does not Expire- 

What does a Yachtmaster do?

A Yachtmaster offshore Sail is qualified to skipper sailing vessels up to 200 tons, this can be commercially endorsed if required so the skipper can work commercially as a yacht captain on vessels up to 24m in length. In addition to this, a yachtmaster Offshore sail or motor can work as yacht crew on any vessels (sail or Motor) of any length, anywhere in the world. 

 

Is the Yachtmaster Offshore Difficult?

It takes a serious commitment to achieve Yachtmaster offshore, you will need to focus 100% on the course every day. If you follow the Allabroad process yachtmaster is achievable in 90 days due to higher experienced full YMI instruction from day 1. Yes,  it is hard work, but amazing fun too. Some learners need more time than others down individual learning styles, so we provide up to 3 weeks extra training an no extra cost, when needed. 

How hard is the RYA Yachtmaster Exam?

This depends how well you have been trained. The yachtmaster exam places you in situations that allow you to demonstrate general seamanship and specific tasks both practical and theoretical.  if you do have all these skills then the exam is straightforward, albeit still a challenge. Note that it is not a simple case of just learning skills, they will need to be drilled repeatedly in various weather conditions. You achieve face these fresh challenges daily during the course.

 

What's the highest Level of qualification at the RYA?

The highest RYA qualification ultimately is the full Yachtmaster Instructor level, but if you exclude that option then Yachtmaster Ocean is the highest level. Once you have your Yachtmaster Offshore you can build your experience and complete your ocean theory, and exam to become Yachtmaster Ocean. Allabroad provide Ocean Theory classes every month.

 

Yachtmaster Offshore or Coastal, what's the difference?

The yachtmaster offshore course is a much higher level and enables you to work commercially in the industry with the additional endorsements. Yachtmaster coastal is a lower level, and requires far less practical experience, sea time and miles. There is very little demand in the industry for a Yachtmaster Coastal, so it is important to diferentiate between the 2 levels. 

 

Maritime and Coastguard Agency Accredited Centre

Your Certification will be well respected in the global yachting industry.  As a subsidiary executive agency of the UK Department for Transport, the MCA is responsible for the syllabus and training standards for ships' officers and crew to the STCW requirements.  Allabroad is an MCA accredited course provider.

Allabroad Yachtmaster Training Established in 1999

Professional RYA Yachtmaster training designed and refined over the years by RYA examiners, RYA Instructors, yacht captains, fleet managers, and many of the worlds largest employers in the Yachting industry.

Success Rate

Achieving a consistently high Yachtmaster offshore pass rate is no secret, we just teach the Yachtmaster standard from day one.

 

Allabroad teach a straight line approach to yachtmaster rather than the traditional slow track methods of teaching a 'dumbed down' version that has to be gradually refined.

 

There is no substitute for experience, 'YMI' lelel Instruction, smaller group sizes and teaching the highest level detail right from the very first days on board is what makes it possible for Allabroad to deliver the course in as little as 90 days. 

Location

We are Gibraltar based but most, if not all, your Yachtmaster passage making will be in the waters of Portugal and Spain.

The tides and shipping traffic of the Gibraltar Straits are comparable to the UK, and the Bay of Gibraltar is a 24 hour service station of the seas with one of the world's busiest container ports in Algeciras.

By far the biggest logistical advantage to the location is that we very rarely miss any sailing days due to  bad weather, and we get good sailing winds all year round. 

 

Lets not forget also, this is an amazing location for sight seeing, and nightlife too. 

Tuition

Fast Track Yachtmaster is about 75% hands on training so if there are too many people on each yacht you will not get the experience you need to get to grips with sailing a yacht. 

We keep our sailing days to never more than five students to one Instructor on board one yacht, with a good majority of time at sea less than this ratio.

 

You will be actively navigating and taking responsibly for the yacht from day one, and learning the finer details usually reserved for advanced courses, from the very first day of your course with us.  We Yachtmaster from day one. 

What's included?

 
  • RYA Yachtmaster Offshore
    • 2500NM   Hands on helm miles, no autopilots. 
    • RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Theory Certificate
    • All your required Skippered passages
    • All your required Night Passages
    • 60NM Qualifying Yachtmaster Passages
    • Powerboat Level 2
    • RYA Yachtmaster Examination organised
  • MCA STCW Basic Safety Training (Pro Version Only)
    • Elementary First Aid
    • Personal Survival techniques
    • Fire prevention & Fire fighting
    • Person Safety & Social Responsibilities
    • Security Awareness
  • Commercial Endorsement
    • RYA PPR Course
  • Communications Certification
    • VHF DSC Radio course
    • VHF DSC Radio Assessment
  • Additional Systems Learning (essentials)
    • Radar and Electronic Chart Plotting
    • Diesel Engine including servicing 
    • Electrical Systems including fault finding 
    • Plumbing systems onboard
    • Deck, gel coat and teak care 
    • Knots & splicing 
  • General
    • Food and Accommodation throughout your course
    • Mooring fees every day
    • Fuel throughout
    • Gas for cooking 
    • 24/7 access to the crew study
    • Free wifi 
    • 24 years of industry experience for your success



Example Allabroad Yachtmaster Fast Track course plan

Week  Mon Tues Wed Thur Fri Sat Sun

Week

1

Intro

safety

Points of sail

Helming

 

Reefing

sail

Mooring

Anchor

Careers Talk

VHF

online

Week

2

DS Theory

DS

Theory

DS

Theory

DS

Theory

DS

Theory

DS

Theory

Free / Study

Week

3

Practical

nav

Mob Drills

Mooring 

Mooring

under sail

Sailing trim Pilotage

RYA 

Radar

Free / Study

Week

4

YM Theory

YM

Theory

YM 

Theory

YM

Theory

YM

Theory

YM

Theory

Free / Study

Week

5

Passage Planning

Passage

Making

Gibraltar

Sevilla  Lagos -

Tidal

Skills

Free / Study

Week

6

Tidal Skills- 

Passage

Making

Passage Making

Gibraltar

Skills 

Gibraltar

Skills

YM Theory

YM

Theory

Week

7

STCW

Training

STCW

Training

STCW

Training

STCW

Training

STCW

Training

VHF 2h

Exam

Free / Study

Week

8

Reefing & Trim Mooring sail & Mot

MOB sail & Motor

Anchoring

sail & Mot

Night

Pilotage

PPR

Online

Free / Study

Week

9

Sailing Drills

Adv Boat

Handling

Adv Night Drills Adv Night Drills

Advanced

sail trim

Passage

Planning

Free / Revision

Week

10

Radar Refresher

RYA

Diesel 

ENG 1 Medical

Power

boat L

Power

boat L2

Passage

Planning

Free / Revision

Week

11

Passage Making

Portugal

Miles

Portugal

Miles

Portugal

Miles

Portugal

Miles

Spain

Miles

Free / Revision

Week

12

Skills & Drills

Mock Exams

Mock Exams

Skills & Drills

 

Skills &

Drills

Gibraltar

Skills

Free / Revision

Week

13

Intensive

Drills 

Night Drills Tailored Drills

Tailored Drills

Practical

Exam

Practical Exam

Leaving Party

See what our customers think. 

......Yachtmaster courses at Allabroad are amazing fun,  hard work at first but like most things in life, you only get out what you put in. The more effort you put in at the begining, the more enjoyable the course is later on, and there's plenty of time to party once you have your Yachtmaster Offshore ticked off. 

....Allabroad offer up a refreshingly modern fleet of training Yachts in Gibraltar, definitely not your typical school boats! All 3 boats in our Fast Track group had full Yachtmaster Instructors (YMIs) from day one right up until the very last day. The last 2 'skills and drills' weeks were delivered by an RYA examiner who also instructs for the school, we all did mini mock exams before the real one this was a massive confidence booster for those of us who needed it, me included! We all thoroughly enjoyed the course every day, and above all, we all passed with great feedback from the final real examiner....

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