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IYT Yachtmaster Ocean
The top of the IYT recreational pathway, celestial navigation included.
An advanced recreational ocean-navigation qualification.
It develops:
- Who it suits
- Sailors planning or completing ocean passages.
- What it is not
- Astro is still part of it, chartplotter or not.
Before and after
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 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 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.