Become a Professional Skipper and Start your Career with RYA Qualifications
Professional Skipper Training with ionianMode
At our RYA Training Centre, we provide two comprehensive training packages tailored to those aspiring to build a career in yachting:
Beginner to RYA Coastal Skipper Training Pack
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Training Pack
Both packages are designed to equip you with the essential skills, qualifications, and experience required for a professional yachting career.
Our training packages prepare you for a professional yachting career, whether as a skipper, crew member, or beyond.
Yachting Companies cooperating with ionianMode offer an annual contract to our students who will successfully complete the course pack to start their career
Beginner to RYA Coastal Skipper
The Beginner to Coastal Skipper pack is ideal for those starting from scratch. It covers everything from the basics of sailing to more advanced coastal navigation and boat handling skills. Everything you need to start your career in Yachting
- RYA Competent Crew
- RYA Day Skipper
- RYA Coastal Skipper
- RYA Day Skipper and RYA Yachtmaster Theory
- RYA First Aid
- RYA VHF Marine Radio
- RYA Power Boat Level 2
- RYA Sea Survival
- Catamaran Handling Course
RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Pack
For those seeking more advanced qualifications, the Yachtmaster Offshore pack offers a tailored and flexible approach. This package includes every theory and practical course from Competent Crew to Yachtmaster Offshore, ensuring you can build the expertise you need. We also offer Mile Building trips, providing the sea miles required to qualify for higher-level certifications.
- RYA Competent to RYA Coastal Skipper
- RYA Yachtmaster Preparation
- RYA Day Skipper and RYA Yachtmaster Theory
- RYA VHF Marine Radio
- RYA First Aid
- RYA Sea Survival
- Mile Building Trips
- Catamaran Handling Course
PRICE Upon Request
| Dates | March to November 2025 | ||
| Available Spaces | TBA |
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What’s Included
Preparation by MCA / RYA Yachtmaster Instructor
Provisions for meals on board
Soft drinks
Fuel, gas, water,
All mooring fees
Bed linen & towels
Course material incuded
- WiFi unlimited internet (speed depending on mobile signal quality)
V.A.T
What’s not included
Cost of drinks & meals ashore
Cost of transfers and flight to/from our base
Exam fees
Highlights
Ideal for those who want to start a career as professional skippers
- You will need to bring two passport-sized photos
- Ideal for recreational sailors who want to improve their skippering skills
- Improve skills, gain experience, expand knowledge
Next Steps After the RYA/MCA Yachtmaster Offshore
The holders of a MCA / RYA Yachtmaster Offshore Motor certificate who want to start a career in yachting can jump to the MCA Scheme starting from the MASTER 200 A Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate holder is competent to skipper a yacht <200 gt on passages up to 150 miles from safe heaven day and night.
