# RYA Yachtmaster

Skill · Certifications and Credentials

Canonical page: https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/rya-yachtmaster

RYA Yachtmaster is an advanced Royal Yachting Association certification for experienced sailors, demonstrating the skill and knowledge to skipper a yacht on offshore or ocean passages, including at night and in challenging conditions. It requires substantial logged sea time and a rigorous practical exam covering navigation, seamanship, and emergency procedures. It is widely recognized internationally and often required for professional yacht skippers, charter captains, and delivery crews.

Related skills: [RYA Day Skipper](https://career.thegoodapps.co/skills/rya-day-skipper)

## Open roles requiring RYA Yachtmaster (0)

None of the roles we have read name this skill yet. A large share of the visible corpus has not been parsed for skills, so this is at least as likely to be our backlog as the market's verdict.