The ISSA Offshore Skipper for Motor Yachts is a 10 day course that seeks to bring an inshore skipper to an Offshore Skipper standard. The ISSA M/Y Offshore Skipper Certificate is a course aimed at candidates who have completed the ISSA Inshore skipper Motor Yacht course and have about 800NM logged. The recommended duration of the course is 10 days to attain the knowledge and skill to be an Offshore Skipper.
An Offshore Skipper is a good navigator and quite an experienced skipper who wants ultimately to become a Yachtmaster Offshore Skipper, (a very experienced Motor Yacht Sailor). This course is the foundation course for the Yachtmaster but the practical assessment is less demanding and rigorous. In essence its the course to train Yachtmaster Offshores, in say, two or three further years.
The aim of the course is to increase the candidates’ competency, to take on the duties of an Offshore Skipper on board a yacht – in daylight or night hours, in coastal waters.
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 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 10 days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
Review the Offshore Skipper ISSA Motor Yacht Handbook which is available in Pdf format on this website. We hope you will agree that it is a thorough and comprehensive the training book with great illustrations and accessible text. The handbooks can be downloaded through the shop. We advise this as a serious course for Motor Yacht Skippers who want to improve practical boat handling, seamanship, knowledge of IRPCS and run a safe vessel with a robust operational checklist system.
The Offshore Skipper ISSA Motor Yacht Course is a high standard course that gives holders of the certificate advantages with insurers and marine authorities in many countries.
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 10 days duration – the date you select above is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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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.
The Keelboat Navigator Course is fun! Its about learning to navigate using modern tablet or iPad software that enables you to go further afield in a boat that is a great dayboat but isnt fitted with tons of electronics but has high quality chart plotter software to make coastal sailing easy and to ensure you have quality tidal information and weather reports. Talk to us on Whats App if you’d like to ask any questions.
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
The RIB Skipper 2 course is designed to train a beginner to be a competent operator of a boat and to understand fundamentals such as safety, boat handling, mooring, anchoring, towing and including seamanship topics such as collision regulations. The 2 day course is partly theory and partly practical. The following topics are covered by the course and supported in the RIB Skipper 2 Handbook:
Safety
Collision Regulations
Taking over a vessel
Meteorology
Pilotage and passage planning
Boat handling
Simple chartwork and GPS plotter operation
Safety equipment
Engines and checks
Launching and recovery
Responsibilities of skipper
RIB Skipper Courses start on
15th and 29th of each month
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 2 days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
The Level 1 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
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.
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 4 courses that can be learned as one option, the ‘classic course’ 14 days in duration or two other options – the dates of courses are explained on this link in detail.
The 4 elements to the course are Yacht Crew, VHF Radio, Inshore Skipper 1 and Inshore Skipper 2. 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
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
Please select in calendar below – any questions please contact us direct using the WhatsApp button below
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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