IYT Sailing School
Coral’s Reef is an International Yacht Training (IYT) Certified Sailing School!
We are pleased to offer two different sailing certifications for those interested in gaining an internationally recognized certificate.
The International Crew Training Course and the International Bareboat Skipper Course. For students with little to no experience, the International Crew Training course is recommended to learn the basics and build skills towards becoming a bareboat skipper. For sailors already with some experience and ready to dive into becoming a bareboat skipper, the International Bareboat Skipper Sail – Catamaran course would be the next step!
More information about these courses is below:
Intro to Sailing for Women
Gain your International Yacht Training Crew Certificate while cruising the British Virgin Islands with Keanna & Marianne. We are offering a 7 day course for women who would like to gain experience and become confident crew members onboard a Catamaran. Learn nautical terminology, passage planning, knots, rules of the sea, introduction to weather, basic sail handling, maneuvering, safety, seamanship, and more.
We have our students complete the online e-learning with IYT ahead of joining us so we can concentrate on practical skills during the course, this also means no onboard written exam.
March 20th to 27th – 7 days, 7 nights, $3600 pp
*Share a cabin with a friend or partner and save $500 each on course tuition
Bareboat Skipper Course for Women
Gain your International Yacht Training Bareboat Skipper Certificate while cruising the British Virgin Islands with Keanna & Marianne. We are offering a 7-day course for women with previous sailing experience to become confident skippers onboard a 50′ Catamaran. Become a prudent bareboat skipper. Gain experience checking your vessel, understanding systems, passage planning, understanding weather, handling in confined quarters, mooring, anchoring, chart work, collision regulations, troubleshooting and more!
We have our students complete the online e-learning with IYT ahead of joining us so we can concentrate on practical skills during the course, this also means no onboard written exam.
Students gaining the Bareboat Skipper Certificate are required to have a Radio Operator certificate. If they do not already have this they can complete the course online and we can cover the practical skills onboard during the course.
April 2nd to 9th – 7 days, 7 nights, $3800 pp
*Share a cabin with a friend or partner and save $500 each on course tuition
International Crew Training
This is a certificate of excellence for those candidates who wish to train to become an active crew member on a power or sailing yacht. It includes an Introduction to Boating for power and sail yachts.
Certificate Limitations
- Crew on a vessel up to a maximum length of 78 ft /24 metres
- in coastal waters up to 20 miles offshore
- in daylight hours and in fair conditions with moderate wind and sea conditions
It is the level of competence that someone needs either when acting as watchkeeping crew on a yacht and as a skipper of a small yacht in protected waters where help is immediately available in calm conditions.
Course Outline
- Nautical terminology
- Safety briefing
- Passage planning
- Rope work
- Basic rules of the road
- Introduction to weather
- Basic sail handling
- Basic handling under power
- Man overboard procedures
- Vessel equipment and instruments
- Engine checks and maintenance
- Deck seamanship
- Sailing vessels handling skills
- Sailing vessels under power
- Power vessel handling skills
- Dingy handling under power
International Bareboat Skipper Sail – Catamaran
This is a 5 to 6-day course. It is not for beginners and the recommended entry-level requirements are a VHF maritime radio operators certificate, and to have logged over 200 nautical miles and 10 days at sea before advancing to this level. The recommended minimum age to obtain this certification is 16. Candidates who do not have 200 nautical miles may take this course and gain miles required to obtain certification during the course.
This certificate is the level of competence that one needs when chartering a boat in the Mediterranean or West Indies where there are restrictions in terms of cruising area and distance from the base and the vessel has to be safely moored in a marina or anchored before dark.
IYT’s International Bareboat Skipper Sail – Catamaran Certificate covers command of a sailing vessel with a sail area of greater than 80 square metres/861 square feet. Please see the official statement here.
If a candidate already holds an IYT Flotilla or Bareboat Skipper Sail certificate, the modules for catamaran training should be a 1.5 to 2-day course. A review of the Flotilla or Bareboat Skipper course should be considered at the beginning of the course.
Those who have obtained the International Bareboat Skipper Sail – Catamaran qualification, can automatically obtain the “International Certificate of Competency” (ICC), provided the student meets the requirements as laid down by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (Resolution 40). Please click this link for more information. Please note that the ICC Certificate will not state “catamaran”.
Certificate Limitations
- Command of a sailing catamaran up to a maximum length of 78 ft /24 metres
- In coastal waters up to 20 miles offshore
- In daylight hours and in fair conditions with moderate wind and sea conditions
