This course is a theory course and is designed as an add-on for students who have recently completed the Good Hope Sailing’s Coastal Skipper course. It does not include revision of the Coastal syllabus. The SAS Yachtmaster Offshore chartwork exam includes questions from the Day Skipper syllabus and the Coastal Skipper syllabus. The SAS Offshore course also dives into Celestial Navigation.
To do a SAS Yachtmaster Offshore exam you require:
There are a few items that are essential for the course, which are obtainable from Charts International or Chart World:
For your oral exam you will need to demonstrate your GPS literacy using a handheld GPS of your choice. The Yachtmaster Offshore exam has to be done through SAS.
The exam generally consists of three components:
The application must go through SAS for the Yachtmaster Offshore exam. The application form is available on the SAS website, or we can email it to you.
A comprehensive manual
Please review the required essential items needed before you do this course! They are listed on the left in the course description.
The course is taught to SA Sailing’s syllabus. It is internationally accepted.
Please deposit 25% of the course fee into the Good Hope Sailing Academy account.
Current account No. 4104719892.
ABSA Bank
Branch code 632005.
Reference: Name & Course
NB: Please don’t forget to advise Perry-Anne Davies by e-mail skipper@goodhopesa.co.za when you have paid the deposit, stating: 1) Your name 2) The amount 3) The course you wish to do 4) The date