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Too busy to commit to a full-time Yachtmaster Fast-Track programme? Plan your own step-by-step pathway to certification in stages.
If you are an experienced sailor looking to refresh your skills or fill in a few holes in your knowledge then select the short courses relevant to your needs.
To save money book three or more courses on the same order and receive a 10% discount across the order.
Select the stage relevant to your level of experience and certification.
Book your first course at a time and date that suits you. Add additional courses as required to achieve your stage goal.
Plan your next stage of training to achieve your desired level of certification.
The RYA Dayskipper Practical certificate is the Stage 1 goal. The courses below are all relevant to becoming a competent Day Skipper. RYA Day Skipper is widely regarded as the recreational charter skipper qualification.
From beginner to RYA qualified Day Skipper in just four weeks! Gain a package of internationally recognized qualifications and enjoy an inspiring training adventure on Sydney Harbour.
4 weeks
$5,990.00
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to the exciting sport of dinghy sailing. It is an intensive, fun-packed programme, starting with the core sailing skills.
2 days
$495.00
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to yachting and leads to a Royal Yachting Association (RYA) certificate. The course is designed for novice sailors who want to become valuable and active crew members. By the end of the course, you should be able to steer, handle sails and mooring lines, and assist in all boat and sail handling procedures on board.
5 days
$1,895.00
The RYA Dayskipper shore-based course provides a comprehensive introduction to chartwork, navigation, meteorology, safety, and seamanship and provides the underpinning theory knowledge essential for recreational skippers. It will help you make informed decisions on the water and feel confident about being in charge.
5 days
$1,395.00
This comprehensive skills development course leads to the RYA Day Skipper Practical certificate. RYA Day Skipper certificate holders are entitled to an International Certificate for Operator of Pleasure Craft (ICC), which is generally required for a European yacht charter.
5 days
$1,895.00
This one-day Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) approved course teaches you to use VHF (Short Range) as well as MF and HF (Long Range) radio for distress, urgency, safety, and general calls. The course includes GMDSS and DSC
1 day
$395.00
This course has been specifically designed for those working in the marine environment and is ideal for boat owners, watersports instructors, yacht skippers, and crew. The course leads to an internationally recognised first aid qualification.
1 day
$395.00
Stage 2 is for competent Day Skippers who are on a path to Yachtmaster. The RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate is the benchmark qualification for professional yacht captains and is strongly recommended for recreational skippers operating offshore.
Learn some tricks of the trade so you can be safe on the race course. Racing with spinnakers is exciting but it also presents new risks. Flying a kite requires the crew to perform a number of tasks in the correct order.
2 days
$895.00
This course provides a grounding in the essential maintenance tasks required to keep a modern cruising yacht on the water.
3 days
$1,495.00
This one-day Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) approved course teaches you to use VHF (Short Range) as well as MF and HF (Long Range) radio for distress, urgency, safety, and general calls. The course includes GMDSS and DSC
1 day
$395.00
This course has been specifically designed for those working in the marine environment and is ideal for boat owners, watersports instructors, yacht skippers, and crew. The course leads to an internationally recognised first aid qualification.
1 day
$395.00
Our Yachtmaster Milebuilders offer a great opportunity to log sea miles and qualifying passages in preparation for the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate assessment. You will take part in a series of extended offshore passages by day and night, operating a watch system on board.
16 days
$4,990.00
Upon completing this course, you will have a thorough knowledge of all the theory required for the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate of Competence.
6 days
$1,595.00
The RYA Coastal Skipper course provides you with the opportunity to develop your seamanship, boat handling and navigation skills offshore by day and night. It is a stepping stone towards the Yachtmaster Certificates of Competence.
5 days
$1,895.00
This course is for anyone at or above the RYA Day Skipper standard who wants to develop their boat handling, seamanship, and navigation skills and confidence as a skipper.
5 days
$1,895.00
This course leads to a practical assessment conducted independently by an RYA Yachtmaster Examiner. Depending on your prior skills and experience, your objective may be a Yachtmaster Offshore or Coastal Certificate of Competence.
5 days
$2,095.00
To work as a professional yachtmaster, you need the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore certificate and some additional courses for commercial endorsement of your qualification. Details of the required courses are at the bottom of this page.
To work as a certified Yacht Cruising Instructor at over 2400 registered RYA schools in 58 countries, you need to pass your Yachtmaster Offshore examination, get a commercial endorsement, and complete a Yacht Cruising Instructor course.
This two-day course meets the requirements of World Sailing (formerly ISAF), RYA and AS for crew planning to take part in offshore yacht races like the Sydney to Hobart race. The course is also highly recommended for anyone going to sea for any purpose.
2 days
$795.00
Professional Practices and Responsibilities (PPR) is a compulsory online course for qualified RYA Yachtmasters who require a Commercial Endorsement. Ignore the dates shown here!
1 day
$149.00
This course gives you an overall awareness of the central systems of a marine diesel engine. We teach you how to take simple measures to prevent mechanical breakdown at sea and rectify defects that do not require workshop support.
1 day
$395.00
This course provides intensive training in the practical skills and theoretical knowledge the small boat driver needs. You will learn to drive our rigid inflatable rescue craft.
2 days
$695.00
The RYA Cruising Instructor course is for professional, commercially endorsed RYA Yachtmasters who want to become accredited to teach RYA courses at a network of over 2,400 RYA-recognised training centres in 58 countries.
5 days
$1,995.00
The RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Shore-based week teaches you ocean passage planning and celestial navigation, including the use of a sextant. You will leave the course confident that you have the knowledge and skills required to navigate an ocean passage using traditional methods.
5 days
$2,190.00
This course prepares experienced skippers for the prestigious RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean Certificate of Competence. The programme combines the RYA Yachtmaster Ocean Theory course with an exhilarating Pacific ocean qualifying passage.
4 weeks
$7,990.00
The Yachtmaster Ocean Fast Track in Sydney first trains you for your RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate. Then, you go on to learn celestial navigation and complete an ocean-qualifying passage in preparation for the RYA Yachtmaster Ocean oral exam.
16 weeks
$24,990.00
Accelerated courses, meticulously planned to take you from zero to Yachtmaster in a matter of weeks.
A Flying Fish Yachtmaster Fast Track course is a professional sailing programme packed with training and adventure.
Professional instructors and fabulous yachts.
Flying Fish employ a team of highly qualified, friendly and professional instructors and operate a range of fabulous training yachts.
Worldwide employment opportunities
A commercially endorsed Yachtmaster qualification is a passport to employment in the yachting industry.
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Flying Fish Sailing teach the world recognised RYA methods.
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