The ISSA Offshore Skipper for Motor Yachts is a 14 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 10-14 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 14 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 14 days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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ISSA Dinghy Level 1 courses are run at Phuket Yacht Club by staff and volunteers of the yacht club. The courses are aimed at youngsters from age 8 to 16 on the clubs Open Skiff dinghies.
Sail in Asia helped the club to establish PYC’s Junior Sailing Program and their Standing Operating Procedures. SIA were active in advisory work. We recommend you contact the club to see if they can accommodate your child in their Junior Sailing Program.
If you have young children and want them to learn to sail in a safe and fun sailing program contact the club on this link.
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is X days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
ISSA Dinghy Level 1 courses are run at Phuket Yacht Club by staff and volunteers of the yacht club. The courses are aimed at youngsters from age 8 to 16 on the clubs Open Skiff dinghies.
Sail in Asia helped the club to establish PYC’s Junior Sailing Program and their Standing Operating Procedures. SIA were active in advisory work. We recommend you contact the club to see if they can accommodate your child in their Junior Sailing Program.
If you have young children and want them to learn to sail in a safe and fun sailing program contact the club on this link.
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is X days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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
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 date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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 – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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 but can be split up into different options – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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 – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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.
Upon completion, and after 600 NM or 1 season regular boating the students are eligible to undertake the ISSA Inshore Motor Yacht or Inshore Sailing Yacht Skipper Course.
Our handbook covers the following course topics:
Safety at Sea
Parts of a boat
Hull Types
Engine Operation
IRPCS
Launching and Recovering a slall yacht or keelboat
Handling yachts under power
Meteorology
Navigation
Position Fixing
IALA Buoyage
Passage Planning
Tidal Streams and Currents
Anchoring
Electronics
Basic First Aid at Sea
COURSE AVAILABILTY: This course is 5 days duration – the date you select below is an indication, we will contact you directly to confirm availability
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