IYT Day Skipper

On successful completion of Modules 1–11 you'll be awarded the International Crew Certificate of Competency — the level of competence needed to act as an active crew member or watch keeper on a vessel up to 24 metres, in coastal waters up to 20 miles offshore, in daylight hours and fair conditions. Completing Module 12 alongside it earns you the VHF-SRC Marine Communications certificate as well.

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Key training ares

• Introduction to Yachting and Nautical Terminology. The vocabulary and basic concepts you'll build on for the rest of the course, plus an introduction to collision regulations, weather and ropework.

• Personal Safety Equipment. Lifejackets, PFDs and safety harnesses, horseshoe and ring buoys, heaving lines, man-overboard poles, EPIRBs, SARTs, immersion suits, and what to wear for safety in different conditions.

• Boat Safety Equipment. Life rafts, flares, fire extinguishers and firefighting, first aid kits, sound signalling devices, bilge pumps, sea anchors and drogues, and what belongs in a ditch bag.

• Vessel Checkout: Documentation, Charts and Publications. Ships papers, passports and visas, insurance papers, VHF licensing, crew lists and logbooks, nautical charts and publications, plus hull, rig and engine checks before you leave the dock.

• Basic Handling Skills. Sail handling and use of winches, sailing a triangular and compass course, heaving to, man overboard drills, anchoring and picking up a mooring buoy.

• Basic Ropework. Types of rope and how to care for them, essential knots, and coiling line properly.

• Refuelling. Safe refuelling procedures and fuel planning for a passage.

• Man Overboard Procedures. Recognising and responding to a man overboard emergency, and recovering someone from the water in both sail and power scenarios.

• Capsizing, Swamping and Sinking. Understanding these emergencies and how to respond if one occurs.

• Anchors, Anchoring and Running Aground. Choosing and setting an anchor, laying a second anchor, clearing a fouled anchor, and what to do if you run aground.

• Crew Responsibilities, Environment, Provisioning and Housekeeping. Watch-keeping duties, when to call the skipper, protecting the marine environment, and the everyday practicalities of provisioning and life aboard