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.
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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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Offshore Skipper – ISSA Yacht Course
ISSA courses are unique in that theory and practice are seamlessly interwoven and as a consequence students learning is vastly improved. Our Offshore Skipper course requires candidates to have mastered the collision regulations, navigation (DR, EP, Fixes, GPS, Course to Steer etc), tides and currents and have a good knowledge of the ISSA Inshore Skipper Syllabus. Students wishing to attend this course need to have 800 sea miles properly logged and hold an ISSA Inshore Skipper or RYA Day Skipper certificate.
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Level 2 – ISSA Dinghy Course
The Level 2 course is set up for complete beginners. The full program details can be provided by our ISSA accredited partners www.seahorsesailingphuket.com.
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 4 days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability

Boat Master – ISSA Motor Yacht Course
The ISSA Boat Master Course is for candidates that have crewed on a small boat but have a very elementary understanding of sailing or powerboat handling. The aim of the course is to increase the candidates’ nautical knowledge to competently take on the duties of a beginner Boat Master on a small yacht or motor boat, during the day and up to 20 NM from shelter in fair weather, and moderate sea conditions.
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Offshore Skipper – ISSA Motor Yacht Course
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- Tidal Heights and Streams
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- Electronics
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COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 10 days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability


ISSA Keelboat Crew Course
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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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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!
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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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Inshore Skipper is a 10 day course that has three elements to it. VHF Radio, Inshore Skipper 1 and Inshore Skipper 2. The ISSA course hand book is very comprehensive and is what is required for ICC compliancy. The ISSA Inshore Skipper handbook has been written on every subject that is required for sailing or chartering a yacht. This also includes a section on engines and modern navigation chart plotters.
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