Yachting CoursesOcean Graduate
Aim
To develop professional mariners, with the qualifications, practical sailing experience and engineering skills to work as skippers of small and large ocean going sail and motor yachts.
Course overview
The programme develops and consolidates the practical sailing skills, background engineering and theoretical knowledge needed to gain the coveted RYA/MCA Yachtmaster (Ocean) certificate with commercial endorsement. STCW 95 Basic Training is included, as is preparation towards the MCA Master 200gt (Unlimited) qualification.
Pre-requisite experience:
The course includes all the mileage and training necessary, all that we ask is that you have enough boating experience to know that you want a life at sea. Motor yachting qualifications are subject to pre-requiste experience.
The Ocean Graduate course provides you with the mileage and necessary training in preparation for the RYA Day Skipper Power qualification. However, if you wish to upgrade your qualification to the RYA Coastal Skipper Power, you will be required to have logged an additional 200 miles and a total of 8 days at sea (including 2 days as Skipper and 12 night hours) prior to the course.
Entry for the RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Power qualification requires a minimum of 1050 miles and 21 days at sea, including 3 days as skipper and 3 passages over 60 miles (these passages must include 1 overnight and 1 as skipper), prior to the course.
Duration:
23 Weeks
Qualify for:
Command sailing yachts up to 24m, work as crew on sail and motor yachts up to 3000gt, work as engineer on sail and motor yachts (engine and mileage limitations apply)
What's included:
Includes all food and accommodation
Dates and price:
Course Name | From date | To date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ocean Graduate | 02/04/2012 | 16/09/2012 | £16,150 |
| Ocean Graduate | 02/07/2012 | 16/12/2012 | £16,150 |
| Ocean Graduate | 01/10/2012 | 31/03/2013 | £16,500 |
| Ocean Graduate | 02/01/2013 | 17/06/2013 | £15,990 |
Qualifications (click here)
Ocean passages
It’s essential to gain ocean passage making experience and qualifications in order to skipper commercially operated yachts on passages over 150 miles from port. The Ocean Graduate includes three weeks of overseas experience, during which candidates complete at least one 600-mile passage to qualify for Yachtmaster Ocean. This passage gives students the opportunity to put their yacht management skills into practice on an ocean passage, as well as taking the celestial navigation sights needed for the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Ocean qualification.
Self skippering
To become a fully-rounded skipper, the right amount of experiential sailing, balanced with the right amount of instruction and coaching is essential. We call our experiential learning ‘self-skippering’, developing your command skills and confidence to a high degree of competency.
Practical engineering and yacht maintenance skills
The systems aboard modern yachts are increasingly technical so a crew member’s engineering skills are every bit as important as command and seamanship knowledge. This balance of skills is an essential part of our Maritime Academy ethos – we have first-rate shore-based facilities and some of the best instructors in the business. The programme will develop your skills and knowledge of all aspects of yacht maintenance, including propulsion systems, electrics and electronics, GRP repairs and rigging.
Opening the widest employment opportunities
Professional skippers holding professional-level power and sail qualifications can make swift progress in their careers aboard both sail and motor yachts. This programme includes tuition aboard our motor yacht, including twin-engine control and high-speed navigation.
Career Prospects
With Yachtmaster Ocean qualifications, there will be many career opportunities open to you. Popular options include a career on a superyacht, private yacht charter, deliveries, flotilla and teaching.
To help you secure employment, you will have access to our online job service throughout your time at UKSA and once you have graduated.
Further Training
Personal Watercraft – RYA PWC Instructor Course
This new course is designed for Superyacht charter industry professionals. Mediterranean maritime administrations now require jetski operators to have a certificate which means Superyachts carrying jetskis must employ a PWC instructor.
