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| Course & Certification:
ID: 6.1.9 Description: Master 200GT/Mate 500GT™ sail. Certification type: Certificate of Competency ISO 9001:2015 compliance course & certification. |
| Course Length:
A total of 161 hours consisting of; Pre-Course study = 8 hours. |
| Capacity of certification:
1. Captain of a sailing vessel up to 200 Gross Tons, with no Length Overall (LOA) limitation, private or commercially registered.. 2. Mate/Watchkeeper up to 500GT on sailing vessels, private or commercially registered. 3. Operational limits: For privately registered sailing vessels: 150Nm from a Safe Haven. ** 4. Night passages unrestricted. 5. Tidal area with any height or range. |
| Flag Administration CoC Processes:
When professional crew are applying for a job position on-board a vessel, their certifications are subject to a process of acceptance by the Flag Administration of the vessel. It should be noted that there is no such thing as a globally accepted Certification of Competency. Acceptance of professional CoCs are always on a case-by-case basis. It is very important that any professional CoC adheres as close as possible to the STCW Convention for watch-keeping. As the iymcs professional Certifications of Competency are restricted in their usage, the Flag Administration may consider the following to undertake: 1. Acceptance of the iymcs CoC as is for the position on a particular vessel according to their manning scale requirements. 2. iymcs CoC Endorsed by the Flag for their flagged vessels subject to any restrictions specified by the Flag. 3. iymcs CoC is used to qualify for a Flag Administration issued STCW Coded CoC possibly subject to an oral examination. 4. iymcs CoC is used to qualify as an entry qualification for a higher level CoC course(s). |
| STCW Code Adherence:
Adheres to the STCW Code II/2 or II/3 on a case-by case basis subject to Flag acceptance or endorsement or recognition. Trading Area Restrictions: EEA & EFTA, Mediterranean, Baltic, Black Sea. |
| Certification Revalidation:
Yes required every 5 years from the date of issue. |
| Sea-time certification requirements:
Sea Areas Category III & IV: OR: Sea Areas Category I & II: |
| Certification issuing requirements:
For Sailing Yachts: Additionally for Classic Sailing Vessels: |
The custom-designed iymcs booklet type certification is stylish and practical.
The booklet outer is made of real leather with a sythentic interior that is resistant to water and protects the certificates.
It is A6 in size, ideal to be kept in a crew document case or with the boat's documents in the chart-table.
The iymcs Certificates are printed to ISO9001:2015 standards, are dual-language and feature extensive security features
to security level 3 (Government passports & national Iidentification documents are security levels 1 & 2) and can be used as a personal ID in daily situations.
(Nb. It cannot be used instead of a passport/national identity card).
The iymcs Master 200GT/Mate 500GT™ sail is the most comprehensive CoC available at this certification level and has set a benchmark standard that is hard to beat. Supported by STCW ancillary courses and sea-time requirements, it enables a clear path to acceptance or recognition or endorsement on a case-by-case basis by Flag Administrations worldwide. This is an important aspect when you are applying for a Deck position.
The Master 200GT/Mate 500GT™ sail certificate has two options to choose from, namely: Sailing Yachts and Classic Sailing Vessels. It currently has four types of Endorsements, namely: UnLimited Oceanic, Sail Catamarans >17m, Polar Ice Navigation and light-cargo handling. These Endorsements can be added at any time which is a significant advantage for you as your circumstances may change and you may wish to work on other types of vessels or to operate in other sea areas or oceans.
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i. Sailing Yachts. (For professional deck crew that are employed on privately registered sailing yachts or on commercially registered charter sailing yachts). |
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ii. Classic Sailing Vessels. (For professional deck crew that are employed on classic sailing vessel that engages in a commercial or training activity). |
Endorsements: |
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i. UnLimited OOW Ocean Astro. (Removes the 150Nm from a safe haven CoC limit for privately registered sailing yachts or for professional crew employed to undertake deliveries of both privately and commercially registered sailing yachts). |
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ii. Sail Catamarans >17mtrs. (For professional yacht crew that are employed as a Captain on a charter sailing catamaran). |
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iii. Polar Ice Navigation. (For professional deck crew that are working on vessels operating in Polar waters or sea areas of similar characteristics). |
| iv. Light-Cargo Handling. (For professional deck crew that are working on commercial sailing vessels engaged in carrying light cargo). |
The comprehensive subject matter that is covered achieves a good level of depth of knowledge and provides you with a good all-round knowledge base. The course introduces the first of the commercial syllabus such as Safe Working Practises, Risk Assessments, Watch-keeping Requirements, SOLAS etc, etc. This is relatively unique in many of the current offshore yachting certificates currently available (if it is, it is typically lightly mentioned).
For Flag and industry recognitions, as well as for compliance purposes, the Society has defined clearly the usage and limitations of this CoC which enables it to adhere to the STCW Code. Once again, this is an unusual process for this type of certification but does assist you in a positive way to gain jobs. The Society has separated the CoC capacities between 150Nm from a Safe Haven for a crew working on privately registered sail vessels and 150Nm from a Safe Haven for a crew working on commercially registered sail vessels for charter.
The CoC is dual-role (often known as polyvalent) and also has a watch-keeping capacity for a vessel up to 500 Gross Tons. It is used extensively to work as a Mate on these size of vessels. The basics functions of Radar, including mini-ARPA and AIS, are incorporated into this course for this reason. The practical course is dynamic and the main intentions of it are to build-up your skill-set so you can professionally run a vessel under the 500GT as a Mate or a sail vessel under 200GT as a Captain.
Other key features to consider:
The CoC has numerous endorsements that change the capacity of it that can be added at any time.
The written and practical examinations are straight forward non-academic. Your spoken English has to be of a good level, your written English can be at an average level.
There are two types of sea-time records that are required; Sea-Time Log Book and the Sea-Time testimonials that support the Log.
This course is ideal for career development or for those people seeking to make a career change in their life.
The diagram below shows how the Endorsements for this CoC work.
After 20 years in development, the iymcs Master 200GT/Mate 500GT™ sail is well established and is a long-time favourite of professional deck crew.
Our Society, the 'International Yacht Marine Certification Society" (iymcs) operates its entire operations under a Quality Management System
(QMS) that is in compliance with the International Standards Organisation (ISO) 9001:2015 amended. Part of this compliance involves full auditing procedures.
This is an important reference and enables us to gain recognitions from maritime admininstrations and marine industry bodies alike.
Our Society is ISO9001:2015 certified by the British Standards Institute (BSI) Netherlands.
The QMS together with the ISO, ensures that iymcs and its Members operate to the highest standards possible. All our courses, and more importantly the
Certifications that we issue, are under ISO9001:2015.
This practise is most unusual for such courses and certifications. Some organisations will claim ISO:9001 adherence but often the reality is it is for a document management
process or a similar back-office process instead of for actual operations and/or for Certification issuing.
| Scandinavia 3.100,-EUR | Northern Europe 2.900,-EUR | United Kingdom 2.600,-GBP |
| Southern Europe 2.800,-EUR | Middle East 2.500,-USD | North America 2.500,-USD |
| Prices exclude: course books,certification costs,personal travelling costs,course food and course accommodation. | ||
( Vers. 1.4. ) Click-on '+' to see Syllabus.
Sails and rigs. Nautical terminology. SOLAS general knowledge. Safe Working Practises. Risk Assessments. Essential signal flags & morse code. Watchkeeping basic procedures. Introduction to Stability. Principles of the IRPCS.
All the Rules 1 to 37 + Annex IV. All sound & light signals. All day-shapes. Morse code & signal flags: A, B, C, D, E, L, M, N, O, Q, U, Z..
Buoyage channel layouts. IALA System A & System B. Major & minor systems. Types of buoyage and marks. Buoyage direction. Safe-water marks. Marina port & harbour entry marks. Beach & landing stages layouts. Buoyage lights -Flashing, Occulting & Isophase, Morse U & A. Isolated Danger marks. Beacon types.
Key channel marks & signals. Special vessel day & night signals. Movement control signals. Special channel signs.
All Vessel types & categories. Steaming lights configuration. Anchor lights. Sailing vessels -configurations. Special purpose vessels lights signals.
Electronic Nautical Charts: Raster Charts (R-ENC’s) or Vector Charts (V-ENC’s). Mercator projection & scale. Magnification of ENC charts. Int. Chart N° 1 publication. Raster & Vector chart symbols. Topography of land masses. Ports, harbours & bays. Charted depths & contour lines. Types of sea-beds & soundings. Obstructions. Drying heights.
Screen set-up; illumination, contrasts, instrument inputs, system config. GNSS data, DOP, satellite position. Distance measuring -using; latitude scale, ruler, measuring tool, cursor & VRM. Measuring angles & bearings using; EBL & cursor. Understanding information boxes. Heads-up & North-up & Course Up. Ground-Stabilised & Sea-Stabilised. Information layers. Route plan.
Harbour plans. Port entry marks & lights. Buoyage system layout. Depths & obstructions. Narrow channels & near-coastal TSS. Approach crossing technique to TSS. Vessel Traffic Systems/Services. Preparation of Pilotage plan/s
Admiralty List of Lights. Lighthouses identification, heights and distance off. Beacons, identification by day. Range/Transits, day & night. Sector lights. Deviation and Variation.
Waypoints - departure & destination. Distance-off waypoints position. Distance & speed measurements. Distance-off from obstructions.
Basic elements of Meteorology. Barometer & Barograph. Mid-temperate systems. Tropical & sub-tropical systems. Wind speed & direction. Beaufort Scale & Douglas Scale. Types of depressions. Frontal Depressions. Types of clouds and altitudes. Buys Ballot laws. Coriolis Rules. Sea & Land Breezes. Wave heights and velocity of. Low & high pressure, wind direction. Headland winds. Mountainous coastline wind effects. Meteo Bulletins & Forecasts. Sources of Meteo Information. How to read meteo forecasts. Types of fog. Formation & types of; rain, mist & snow. Level of confidence factors of Meteo Forecasts. Log book entries.
Official Log Book. Navigation Log Book. Deviation table. Pilot books. Tidal Almanacs. Legal requirements to carry charts & publications. Chart and publication updates - Notice to Mariners. Plotter ENC update requirements.
Local area large scale coastal chart. Chart publication check. Reading information. Exercises; buoyage & marks identification, depth & obstructions, major lights identification. Plotting instruments. Plotting a GPS position from plotter. Transferring waypoints from plotter. Measuring distances. Course & bearing measurement. Projected course track.
Vessel familiarization. Safe working areas. Deck obstructions. Muster Stations & Muster Lists. Vessel alarms. Safety Equipment & location of. Cut-offs. Fire detections system. Fire-fighting system. Deck layout. Mast & rig. Sail set-up. Deck obstructions. Cockpit layouts -working & guest. Jack-stays. Hatches & portholes. Hand-holds on-deck & interior. Boom and main-sheet arrangements.
Life-jackets and Personal Flotation Devices. Safety harnesses & clip-on procedures. Life-raft procedures. Man-over-board procedure & equipment usage. Flares, types of and how & when to use them. Medical kit content. Fuel, gas & electrical cut-offs. Navigation lights. Gas detector & cut-offs. VHF Radio. Electrical Panel -DC & AC. Checking battery levels. Compartment flooding & procedure. Bilge pumps -manual & electrical. Fire extinguishers & engine compartment extinguishing system. For’ard deck and side decks.
Line throwing exercise. Line names. Sheets & halyards.
Fuel levels, refueling procedures. Water tank levels & re-filling. Port-holes & windows closure. Stowage check. Power shore-supply cable. Depth & Speed Log instruments. Wind instruments. Plotter. Radar. ECS or/and ECDIS plotters. Set-up of the heading instruments; Satellite, Gyro and Fluxgate. Keel bolts. Rudder.
Pre-start checks; oil, coolant and fuel levels. Check Sea-cock for cooling system. Check sea-water strainer and clean. Check alternator belt. Throttle controls - cable. Post start-up checks incl. exhaust. RPM gauge and setting speed to. Helm indicator. Cold-water start procedures.
Rudder check. Wind & waves strength & direction. Depths & obstructions. Other vessel awareness (traffic). Marina port traffic. Request entry or departure from Port Marina Office. Casting-off from the dock methods. How to enter into a port or harbour. Approaches to the dock. Organize & brief crew for docking. Singling-up lines, releasing of. Passerelle stowage.
Slow speed exercises; turning the boat in a confined area, rudder angle effect, narrow channel bends & obstructions, approaching a dock. Autopilot usage.
Organizing crew tasks. Mainsail; halyard hoisting technique, use of main-sheet & main-sheet traveller co-ordination, kicking strap & boom vang, topping-lift usage. Adjustable back-stay usage. Runners and check-stays. Rig load and sail pressure. Genoa; unfurling, use of genoa sheet. Changing the Genoa for another. Reducing sail area; reefing mainsail, furling genoa. Genoa traveller track settings. Lowering mainsail safely. Storm jibs and stay-sails.
Organizing crew tasks. Steering a course under sail. Tacking under full sail. Create a visual reference course with various tacks. Create a visual reference course to clear obstructions and shallow depth areas. Create a visual reference course to maintain a safe distance off from a headland. Moderate wind gybing (10kts-16kts). Heavy wind gybing techniques. Cockpit tidiness with lines. Electrical & hydraulic winches. Winch safety. Wearing harnesses & clipping-on. Awareness of leeway factors. Wind speed & direction instruments. Windex direction usage. Use of Tell-tales. Launching and take-down of Asymmetrical spinnakers in moderate winds (11-16 kts). Velocity Made Good. Relationship of apparent wind & true wind direction and speed. Heavy weather tactics. Use of sea anchors including drogues, warps & parachute. Heaving-too in heavy seas.
Position awareness exercise using plotter with vector charts + local large paper scale chart. Identify land navigation marks and objects. Referencing position to pilot book. Distance off. Positioning using single visual LOP Positioning using Radar VRM or EBL. Two-visual & three-bearing fix. Running fix. Port or harbour entry, day & night. Depth control. Heading checks, in-line and by bearing using a pelorous ring. Steering a course by GPS Compass and by Magnetic Compass. Fluxgate autopilot course set-up. Calculation of TVMDC. Analysis of data of; COG, SOG, CTW, STW, DOG, DTW. Pilotage plans. Use of waypoints. ETA calculations under sail. Projected course plot clearing obstructions, shallows & headlands. Fuel consumption planning. Course to Steers to offset leeway & tidal stream & current affects.
Boat preparation. Watch duties & allocation of. Watch-keeping briefing. Crew briefing & allocating tasks. Safety aspects & safety equipment checks. Sail and rig set-up for meteo & sea conditions. Preparation of Pilotage Plans. Interior preparation. Galley preparation of light snacks and drinks. Deck & Rig checks for tacking & gybing.
NOAA & UKHO systems. Tidal height adjustments. Standard tidal curves. One-Quarter/One-Tenth Curve. Table 3. Tidal Streams & Tidal Currents. Top-surface currents. The use of tidal almanacs. Chart Datum concept. Charted depths. Depth contour lines. Drying heights. Calculating time of float-off aftergrounding. Calculating clearance time to cross a harbour bar. Calculating height clearance under a bridge or cables. Calculating a spot depth for anchoring as close to a shoreline. Sea-bed characteristics. Tidal Diamonds. Tidal stream atlases.
Identify type of anchor on-board. Anchor chain/rope length, secure of. Use of Capstan. Using an anchor as a mooring. Exercise of partially lowering and raising anchor in port. Anchoring exercises in sheltered bay, both under sail and under power, dropping the anchor and weighing anchor.. Picking up a buoy technique, securing and releasing of mooring line.
Rule 1 application for entering bays, harbours & roadsteads. Rule 2 for making a departure of the rules to avoid immediate danger. Rule 3 for vessel identification. Rule 5 for maintaining a look-out. Rule 6 for maintaining a safe speed. Rule 7 for risk of collision. Rule 8 for actions to avoid collision. Rule 9 for narrow channels. Rule 10 for operating in TSS & VTS. Rule 12 actions between sailing v/ls. Rule 13 applied in overtaking. Rule 14 applied in head-on or nearly head-on when under power. Rule 15 applied when crossing with another vessel/s. Rule 16 applied as in give-way v/l. Rule 17 for stand-on v/l’s. Rule 18 for establishing priorities. Rule 19 operating in or near areas of restricted visibility. Sound signals usage whilst underway. Monitoring VHF traffic channels.
Full procedure, with MRCC communication simulation. Use of dummy preferably, if not fender & bucket. Life saving equipment in the water. Recovery techniques. Life-ring or horshoe practise throwing exercise. In-sight exercise under power; using Andersen turn. In-sight exercise under sail; using Reach-Reach & Reach-Run-Gybe maneuver under sail. Out of sight search patterns.
WC issues and dismantling of pump. Galley usage & stowage. Grab-handle points. Using of the companionway steps. Cooking a full meal underway. Provisioning list. Organizing provisioning of the boat
Coastguard & SAR MRCC. Range of TX & RX. Power output. CH16 usage. Port channels. Distress Mayday. Safety Securite messages. Pan Medico Alert. Call-up for port entry & departure.
Procedures for; grounding, flooding or sinking, engine failure, electrical systems failure, fire. Steering systems failure procedure. Dis-masting & rigging a jury rig procedure. Furling gear failure. Towing a vessel & to be towed.
Basic heat stroke and hypothermia precautions & treatment. Sea-sickness. Head injuries. Arm & leg injuries. Basic Bandaging. Cuts & bruises. Jelly fish and coral stings.
Basic safety equipment check. Tender garage rail & winch launch. Launching and recovery procedures. Rowing exercise - oars & paddles. Loading crew into tender. Crew sitting positions. Communications tender to boat.
Passage Planning -near coastal. Creation of working Passage plans. Creation of Summary Passage Plan. Route track planning - near-coastal. Effects of tidal stream & currents. Vessel traffic density.
Official Log Book. Definition of a vessel engaged in Charter. Designated Person Ashore (DPA). Summary Passage Plan submission. Passenger or/and crew max. capacity. Duty of Care. Due Diligence. Legal limitations of a Captain. Introduction to SOLAS. Small Vessel Code. Surveying requirements for a small commercial vessel. Maintenance requirements for a small commercial vessel. Operational limitations. Introduction to Risk Assessments. Introduction to Boat Accounts. VAT & import issues. Introduction to flagging. Customs & health clearance.
Route track plotting. Offshore approach tactics to headlands. Course tracks; actual, projected and historical. Landfall technique for lights, beacons and land objects. Course track adjustments to avoid low pressure systems. Offshore TSS’s.
Principles of Radar operation. System set-up. Screen & keyboard illumination & contrasts. Correct use of range scale. Gain control usage with chart referencing (on auto-tune). EBL & VRM usage. Data boxes. Sea & rain clutter. Heads-up RM, North-Up RM & TM. Sea-stabilised & ground-stabilised. Target & vessel identification. Target aquirement. CPA & TCPA. Collision avoidance. Manual tune. Scanner rotation, wave-length. Turn points & rate of turn. Parallel indexing. Float EBL & VRM. Mini-ARPA & ARPA AIS transponders & receivers.
Line orders. Docking orders. Captain + Mate management. Use of uhf radio. Clearing decks. Guest management. Safety awareness. Mini-ISM and ISMS. Health and Safety interior management.
Battery management system. Shore Supply cable & input. Generator. Master electrical panel. AC electrical panel 220-240 VAC. DC electrical panel 12-24 VDC. Helm electrical panel. Battery cross-over. Starting procedures for battery low tension levels.