>From everything I've read or heard, the Yachtmaster certification is an
excellent credential to have. Rigorous training, high performance standards,
and pretty comprehensive exposure. Pretty hard and expensive to get. I
understand it is almost a base requirement for very large foreign registered
yachts.

That said, it still doesn't qualify you to make money in US waters or on a
US flagged vessel. I'm not even sure it is good for a foreign registered
commercial vessel.

A couple of years ago a US company that was not part of the English
organization that controls the program began to offer courses under the
"Yachtmaster" name. The English organization sued and shut the US company
down. IIRC, the suit was under copyright law and alleged that the US program
was compromising the English standards.

Merry Christmas to everyone on the list. It's 60+ outside, but the winds are
light and variable today and the Christmas lights are still in place on the
big boat. So I'm catching up on e-mail, reading "50 Places to Sail Before
You Die", and trying to figure out if the Garmin 541s I got for Christmas in
compatible with the depth transducer from the 168 installed at the helm.

Happy Holidays


Rick Brass
Washington, NC



-----Original Message-----
From: CnC-List [mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On Behalf Of Indigo
Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 12:35 PM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Subject: Re: Stus-List Captain's License

It is a real shame that the British Yachtmaster program / certificate is not
more widely offered / accepted here. While I am not familiar with the
current curricular, it used to comprise a rigorous class room component with
test ( including morse code!!) , documented practical experience, and  a
practical examination ( several days at sea with an examiner) I did once
enquire about an offering of the course in Newport RI but it had been
cancelled 

 Jonathan
Indigo - 35mk III


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