The ISSA Yachtmaster Offshore is a course designed for candidates who have completed the ISSA Offshore Skipper course and have gained years of sailing experience (2800NM). The aim of the course is to increase the candidates’ nautical knowledge to competently take on the duties of an Offshore Skipper on board a multihull yacht – in daylight hours, at night, in busy sea lanes, or over 150NM offshore. YMO’s have a good understanding of sailing / boat handling, nautical terminology and safety at sea. This is a course for recreational and aspiring commercial skippers. Upon completion the students may be eligible to apply for commercial training at Nautical Colleges in Europe. This course is a very good starting point for a Career at Sea on Superyachts.
ISSA Master of Yachts – Catamaran
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The Yachtmaster Offshore (Sailing) course is the highest level sailing course for recreational yachtsmen. The course is aimed at proficient Offshore Skippers who have the necessary skills, experience, knowledge and managerial qualities required to run a blue water multihull sailing yacht effectively and safely.
The course covers the following topics:
- Safety
- Crew Management
- Handling Yacht under Sails and Power
- Man Over Board
- Mooring
- Navigation
- IALA Buoyage and Pilotage
- Tidal Heights and Streams
- Secondary Ports
- Position Fixing
- Passage planning
- Meteorology
- IRPCS
- Electronics
- VHF Radio
- DSC
- First Aid at Sea
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 14 days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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ISSA Master of Yachts – Monohull
The ISSA Master of Yachts (Sailing) course is the highest level sailing course for recreational yachtsmen. The course is aimed at proficient Offshore Skippers who have the necessary skills, experience, knowledge and managerial qualities required to run a blue water sailing yacht effectively and safely.
The course covers the following topics:
- Safety
- Crew Management
- Handling Yacht under Sails and Power
- Man Over Board
- Mooring
- Navigation
- IALA Buoyage and Pilotage
- Tidal Heights and Streams
- Secondary Ports
- Position Fixing
- Passage planning
- Meteorology
- IRPCS
- Electronics
- Electronic Charts and Apps
- VHF Radio
- DSC
- First Aid at Sea
COURSE AVAILABILTY:
MoY Courses run on
3rd -12th MAY 2025
3rd-12th OCTOBER 2025
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Zero to Hero Course – ISSA Combined Fastrack Yacht Course – 14 Days
The Zero to Hero Course is SIA’s most popular course. Why? The answer is a thorough course, which is very attractively priced and offers a fun introduction to becoming a recreational yacht skipper. The course is essentially 3 courses that can be learned sequentially. The ‘classic course’ is 14 days in duration or two other options to complete this course – the dates of courses are explained on this link in detail.
The ISSA Zero to Hero course serves as the foundational training for becoming a Yacht Crew Instructor and also helps you build the skills and knowledge required to advance as an ISSA Offshore Skipper or Master of Yachts.
The 3 elements to the course are Yacht Crew, VHF Radio, Inshore Skipper. There are handbooks that are available to students for elements to this course. These can be purchased at the shop individually or in the near future as a compendium edition.
Subjects covered in this course are as follows;
- Safety
- Tides and Currents
- IALA Buoyage
- Understanding the Compass
- Navigation using Charts and Chart Plotters
- Engines
- Rules of the Road
- Weather
- Modern Yacht Electronics
- VHF Radio
- Pilotage and Passage Planning
- Boat Handling in confined areas
- Anchoring
- Points of Sail and Sail Trimming
- Berthing
- Knots and rope handling
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 14 days duration
Phuket courses start 1st – 14th or 16th – 29th each month (February bookings will run into 01st March in none leap years)
– the start date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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ISSA Keelboat Skipper Course
The ISSA Keelboat Skipper course is aimed at students who have completed at least 100 hours in a Keelboat as crew or Navigator. The students will therefore be capable helms and seafarers who are ready and confident to learn how to be in charge of a small crew in daylight hours in weather up to Beaufort F4 winds and wave conditions.
The skipper trainees will be capable of heaving to, luffing up, reefing, anchoring, sailing efficiently on all points of sail and managing a crew successfully in most sailing conditions. The skipper will have a good understanding of weather forecasting and crew management and safety. They will be good navigators and able to use modern GPS plotters and tablet softaware such as Navionics.
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 2 days duration 1st – 2nd and 15th – 16th of every month – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
ISSA Master of Yachts – Motor Yacht
The Yachtmaster Offshore (Motor Yacht) course is the highest level sailing course for recreational yachtsmen. The course is aimed at proficient Offshore Skippers who have the necessary skills, experience, knowledge and managerial qualities required to run a blue water sailing yacht effectively and safely.
The course covers the following topics:
- Safety
- Crew Management
- Handling Yacht under Sails and Power
- Man Over Board
- Mooring
- Navigation
- IALA Buoyage and Pilotage
- Tidal Heights and Streams
- Secondary Ports
- Position Fixing
- Passage planning
- Meteorology
- IRPCS
- Electronics
- VHF Radio
- DSC
- First Aid at Sea
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 14 days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
Yacht Crew – ISSA Yacht Crew Course
The ISSA Yacht Crew Course is great starter course for beginners to sailing or power boating. Our course teaches you to sail a yacht or keelboat in light to moderate boating conditions on all points of sail. The course is 90% practical and 10% theoretical. This means you leave us not being an assistant but knowing how to sail and being an active and competent crew member. Our course is designed so you can then join an Inshore Skippers Course and gain further experience and competence.
Sail in Asia are very keen for students to gain experience in a variety of yachts and types of yachts through participation in this ISSA Yacht Crew course. We have keelboats, yachts, trimarans and RIBs in our fleet and with luck you will get a chance to sail all of these types of yachts by course end. This will enhance your competence and experience as a Yacht Crew.
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 4 days duration –
please select an available date from the calendar below, should you wish to choose another date for a private course please ALSO enter it into the date box below the calendar, we will contact you directly to confirm availability.
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ISSA Keelboat Crew Course
The 2 day ISSA Keelboat Crew Course is one of our most popular courses. This is the course if you are a beginner to sailing and are wanting to see if you like the sport and perhaps then sign up for more sailing courses. Its the perfect boat for the weekend with two or three friends. The boat can actually take 6 people and its just so much fun! If you want to complete a course we can take up to 5 people plus an instructor.
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 2 days duration – The Keelboat Crew course is run on 1st and 2nd, or 15th and 16th of each month. Private courses can be scheduled in at any time in the month in Phuket.
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ISSA VHF Radio Course
VHF Radio is a very important safey net system that marine craft use every day. The basic vhf radio is now updated with a DSC VHF Radio that is able to send either analogue or digital radio transmissions. The VHF Radio Course is a yachts main safety system as it is possible to use in many situations that a mobile telephone would not! Consequently the radio is marinised (weather proofed) and thus rugged and reliable.
The course covers all aspects of use. Simple communications, professional channels, Channel 16, ship to ship channels and of course the Emergency and Urgency channel 16. Students learn to send messages that are normal and routine from yacht to yacht ,right thru to sending Mayday Relays, to other vessels, or coastguards. The VHF radio course is assessed by a one hour exam and by a course handbook with assessments and exercises.
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 1 day in duration – the VHF Radio course is run on 5th and the 19th of every month. Private courses may be arranged by mutual agreement.
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Inshore Skipper – ISSA Multihull Yacht Course
The Inshore Skipper ISSA Multihull course is a 10 day course that includes VHF Radio, Inshore Skipper 1 and Inshore Skipper 2. We generally run this ten day course after students have done their ISSA Yacht Crew Course (4 days). We strongly recommend that you do the Yacht Crew Course if you have learned to sail some time ago and or if you come from dinghy sailing. Yachts and Multihulls require similar skills, and the Inshore Skipper 10 day course requires that you know how to sail in all directions, that you can reef, heave to, moor a yacht, come alongside and anchor. The 10 days is spent learning navigation, meteorology, yacht management, engines, safety and a whole gamut of extra things which ensure you are a good learner skipper at course end. The Multihull course can be taken on a multihull throughout, but our strong recommendation is you complete the course on a range of vessels. The Zero to Hero Course includes all the above courses but also a 4 day Yacht Crew Course and is exceptionally well priced!
Sail in Asia believe in giving you skills, knowledge, sail training and most important the language to direct the crew in boat handling and to keep the crew safe! Making you autonomous is our aim! Ensuring you are confident is our objective. Having fun on the course guarantees your enjoyment and ability to learn quickly. Learning the skills means happy sailors and well trained sailors! The ISSA Inshore Skipper Course is designed for Yachts, Multihulls and Keelboats. At SIA you will become proficient on Yachts, Keelboats and Multihulls. We have 12 vessels that fit these categories.
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 10 days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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