japie said..
I've done a search on here for info on Yacht masters qualification and zut turned up.

Am thinking quite seriously about a diversion in career. Four people have asked me to sail their boats for them, deliveries, but figured I really need to get some form of qualification. Have been advised that the Yachtmasters is the way to go.

Can anyone shed some light on providers?

Thailand comes to mind Japie
I sure there courses on the Net here in Oz Im sure I saw at least one on line plus sail time

www.navathome.com.au/?gclid=CjwKEAiArdG1BRCLvs_q-IObwxMSJACXbLtzDuez9WXYLVKTZ426MiwhORbAa6V_rpIqSmBLLU3R-hoCZhLw_wc
there's one

Thanks for that HG, Bluemoon.

I was off line from the 5th January for two weeks. Will read through that thread.

Thanks Toph I'll check it out.

Don't forget the insurance angle especially if you are delivering other peoples boats.
I had coxswain and master V but believe the inernationally recognised RYA Yachtmaster and Yachtmaster Ocean is the best form of training and qualification to have.
The RYA certs dont expire like mine did when I left my job as a hydrographic surveyor to go recreational sailing on my own boat. My sea time sailing in the 1990's became worthless as it was non commercial so I lost my qualifications after 5 years.
I have sailed as mate or crew aboard 4 different charter yachts that sail out of Ushuaia to Antarctica South Georgia etc and they are all skippered by RYA Yachtmaster Ocean qualified sailors.
So go RYA as it is also YA recognised
Wayne

Datawiz said...

Ambler said..
Don't forget the insurance angle especially if you are delivering other peoples boats.
I had coxswain and master V but believe the inernationally recognised RYA Yachtmaster and Yachtmaster Ocean is the best form of training and qualification to have.
The RYA certs dont expire like mine did when I left my job as a hydrographic surveyor to go recreational sailing on my own boat. My sea time sailing in theNZ 1990's became worthless as it was non commercial so I lost my qualifications after 5 years.
I have sailed as mate or crew aboard 4 different charter yachts that sail out of Ushuaia to Antarctica South Georgia etc and they are all skippered by RYA Yachtmaster Ocean qualified sailors.
So go RYA as it is also YA recognised
Wayne

Hi Ambler,
So whose Coxswain & master V certificate did you have? . Shame it had an expiry clause.
regards,
allan

They all expire after 5the years.
I had a NSW Waterways coxswains issued in 1988 after I studied at Brookvale tafe over 2 weeks full time. Revalidated 5 years later as I had relevant sea time. Unable to revalidate 5 years later as I had left the job. I signed up in Tasmania in 1998 and completed and passed the Master V at AMC then also found that since I had no commercial sea time in the last 5 years, I wasnt allowed to do the orals and gain my ticket. Another guy I did the course with got his ticket, he was the barman on a cruise boat in Hobart. Never even helped tie the boat up. The Australian commercial tickets are a joke!
Those commercial ticket requires a certain number of hours of commercial sea time each 5 years and attend the elements of shipboard safety course as well as a medical every 5 years to revalidate.
Things may have changed now but that is how it was.
They don't need me and those tickets dont meet my needs either.
Wayne

@ Ambler
" The Australian commercial tickets are a joke! Those commercial ticket requires a certain number of hours of commercial sea time each 5 years and attend the elements of shipboard safety course as well as a medical every 5 years to revalidate"


Guessing you have/had state issued tickets from what you have written.

All the state tickets should have by now been taken over by AMSA if not they are in the process. Then we may get some consistency in the industry as the states could NEVER agree (my comment about us never become a nation, all too wrapt up being individual states)

As for your comment about commercial tickets being a joke, strange when an Aussie issued qual is accepted worldwide, ohhh that would be AMSA issued NOT state.

Worthwhile remembering that the RYA quals are not recognized by AMSA at present.

Guess becomes horses for courses, me I cant work without my quals. % yearly renewals, annual medicals but the elements of shipboard safety, just now have to be done because of changes to STCW req's.

That sounds like good news regarding AMSA taking over responsability. I will look into it when I get back to Tassie.

NZ is currently going through a qualification and licence system for charter and fishing vessels, its a bit of a mess over here. There is still no licence required to drive a private launch or yacht of any size. Nor is there any requirements to register any vessel including jet skis. The harbour masters employed by local councils are tasked with jurisdiction of their waterways and mooring allocation.

Thanks for the updated info team