Yachtmaster Coastal
Yachtmaster Coastal
- Course Objective：Prepare sailors to skipper a vessel up to 60NM in moderate sea and by night
- Pre Course Experience： Bareboat Skipper license or equivalent
- Assume Knowledge：800NM at sea with some night experience and a good command of a sail boat. VHF license
- Duration： 6 days at sea
What will I learn?
- Passage Planning, including route selection, alternate routes, safe anchoring
- Boat preparation, including checking equipment, spare gear, water and food organisation
- Piloting
- Night sailing, including night watch keeping routines
- Mooring under sail
- Navigation without GPS
Examination
Once you have completed the course, you can pass the practical examination with a IYT appointed independent examiner. This is a one day event. If successful, you will be awarded the IYT Yachtmaster Coastal certificate.
What's next?
With this certificate, you can charter a boat anywhere in the world and skipper a boat day and night up to 60NM. If you are tempted to go further you can consider becoming an IYT Offshore Yachtmaster
IYT沿岸進階船長課程
- 課程目標：訓練船員勝任在沿岸60海哩範圍內擔任船長帶領船隻日夜航行的能力
- 課前經驗：光船船長執照或同等證照
- 應備知識：至少800海哩巡航經驗， 包括夜航，而且具備操作帆船航行的充份能力，擁有VHF超高頻無線電執照
- 課程期間：6天海洋實習
IYT這個六天的海洋實習課程將帶學員登上遠洋巡航帆船航行距離更遠，而且包含夜間航行。您將在沒有GPS的條件下
在白天進行導航，學習完全依靠推算、定位、領航技巧等在大海航行。您將在夜間值班掌舵，還要趁夜將帆船駛回安全地停泊靠港。
本課程成不適合初學者，並要求您已經取得國際光船船長證照在海上至少有800NM的航行經驗，外加一些夜航經驗。在本課程結束時，將由獨立考試官來確認離岸進階船長學員已具有足夠的能力，足以領導船隻和船員在海岸線6海浬以內的中等風浪和海況下航行。
我可以學到甚麼?
- 航路規劃，包括路線選擇、備用路線、安全錨泊規劃等
- 船隻準備，包括設備檢查、備用器具、食物與水供給等
- 領航規劃
- 夜航，包括夜間守望排班
- 以帆操作船隻完成繫繩泊
- 禁用GPS的導航法
考試
實作課程完成後，IYT的指定獨立考試官會對學員進行考試。考試需要一天的時間，包括口試和實作。一旦通過，你即可取得IYT沿岸進階船長的執照。
下一步？
取得沿岸進階船長之中後，你可以在世界各地以船長身份租用帆船不限日夜在離岸60海哩範圍內航行。如果你想要更進一步航行更遠，可以考慮離岸進階船長課程（ IYT Offshore Yachtmaster.）