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IYT International Crew
IYT’s entry-level yacht course, and its closest equivalent to RYA Competent Crew.
International Crew develops someone into an active crew member.
It covers both theory and practical skills needed aboard sailing or power yachts.
IYT's modular passport system currently identifies modules 1 to 11 with International Crew.
- Who it suits
- Complete beginners heading for cruising yachts rather than dinghies.
- What it is not
- Not a skipper qualification. It makes you useful crew, which is the point.
Other IYT courses
IYT Sailing Course Pathway
The IYT route in order, with a catamaran variant at every skipper level.
IYT International Flotilla Skipper
Command of your own yacht, but within a flotilla with a lead boat in reach.
IYT International Bareboat Skipper
The charter qualification — and emphatically not a beginner course.
IYT Catamaran Sailing Qualifications
The clearest multihull pathway of any scheme: a catamaran version at every skipper level.
IYT Yachtmaster Coastal
IYT’s first Yachtmaster level, in sail, power and catamaran versions.
IYT Yachtmaster Offshore
The offshore level, for passages well beyond sight of land.
IYT Yachtmaster Ocean
The top of the IYT recreational pathway, celestial navigation included.
IYT ICC
Recognised in a number of countries, mainly European. Not a worldwide sailing licence.
Which course should you actually book?
Three questions — your experience, the boat you want to sail, and your goal — give you a starting course and the schools that teach it near you.