What do you get from Wild West Sailing?
Here’s how we set you up for Yachtmaster success!
Amazing Examiner We love our Scottish examiner! He is an outdoor educator, RNLI Trainer and lifeboat helm and offshore racer. He examined all our Cruising Instructors when they did their Yachmaster. He is thorough and fair, is there to help you pass. He is both an RYA/MCA and Irish Sailing Examiner.
Perfect boat You will be trained and tested for 7 days on our mint-condition Jeanneau Sun Odessey 36i. Watson Sails, Harken running gear and Yanmar 30HP engine with 3 blade fixed propellor mean she goes where you want her to, under sail and power.
Outstanding training “Simply the Best!” as Tina Turner said and here’s why…
You come to us with your experience. It’s our job to fine tune you into a skipper who plans thoroughly, leads calmly and executes perfectly and is adaptable to changing circumstances, a real leader.
Who The WWS Principal is your Yachtmaster coach. With experience on every type of boat from dinghies to Americas Cup yachts, and a career on power driven workboats, you will benefit from our exposure to different boats, skippers and scenarios at sea. That’s a huge funnel of skills that does not exist at any other school.
How – First we show you how the boat wants to behave and then you learn to use that awareness to make the boat go where you want it to. Easy!
Then we break down each task, be it marina parking or man overboard recovery, into easy-to-remember steps so you can expertly command your crew through each job for your examiner. Expert!
Finally, we use a “Stacked Learning” system. As you progress through the week, as the scenarios get more difficult, you will realise the skills transfer. Everything builds into everything else. Whether its boat approach angle, speed or mooring rope setup, we have you covered with the most efficient, easy to repeat and useful way to get the job done. Success!
Be a better sailor with a Yachtmaster Prep from Wild West Sailing!
Coastal Skipper PLUS
If you don’t have the sea miles, night hours or qualifying passages, why not combine the RYA Yachtmaster Shorebased Navigation course with us this winter and a Round IRL Voyage for the ultimate, a WWS Coastal Skipper PLUS!
This 16 Day program is not just a stepping stone to your Yachtmaster…it’s a step towards serious, professional skippering ability.
What am I aiming for?
RYA/MCA and Irish Sailing Yachtmaster.
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