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IYT Yachtmaster Coastal
IYT’s first Yachtmaster level, in sail, power and catamaran versions.
An advanced recreational qualification for command of qualifying recreational yachts within its operating limitations.
It requires substantially greater experience and competence than beginner skipper courses.
- Who it suits
- Bareboat Skippers extending toward longer coastal passages.
- What it is not
- Not an Australian commercial certificate. AMSA sits outside the scheme.
Other IYT courses
IYT Sailing Course Pathway
The IYT route in order, with a catamaran variant at every skipper level.
IYT International Crew
IYT’s entry-level yacht course, and its closest equivalent to RYA Competent Crew.
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 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.