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Whatever your sailing needs are, we will help you MASTER them!
RYA practical Sail Cruising courses
Eager to progress your practical sailing and navigation skills ? We offer all RYA practical sail cruising courses to gain your certificate as Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper or Yachtmaster.
C-MASTERclasses skill sharpeners
Practical C-MASTERS courses on board, including navigation during day and at night, the use of radar and plotters, celestial navigation, safety on board, and relaxed boat handling in harbours and locks.
RYA shorebased courses
RYA classroom courses for Day Skipper and Yachtmaster shorebased certificates, and specialised courses for RYA Diesel Engine and RYA Radar training.
Mile Builder Channel Islands in July
Adventurous mile builder voyage this summer from the Netherlands via Belgium and France to some of the most beautiful islands in the world.
Mile Builder London in August
Come join us on our 9 days mile builder voyage from the Netherlands over the Thames estuary to this city full of life, with its Black Cabs, Underground, museums, cosy English pubs, and its famous Towerbridge on the Thames.
Weekend courses SPECIAL
Practical RYA courses for Day Skipper and Competent Crew
Join our weekend courses in March
Online courses
Yacht Delivery
Allow us to take professional care of your yacht and let our C-MASTERS crew deliver it to your destination of choice in Europe.
Experience Building
Building up new experiences, learning new practical skills, mile building, or just enjoying sailing with the family when recreational cruising.
Want to know if sailing is your thing?
A Start Sailing day is the perfect activity for a special occasion or maybe just a fun day out on the water. Come on board of one of our yachts for a day, and get an introduction to sailing and navigation. You will be involved in steering, sail trimming, navigation and rope work. We can have lunch on the water or in one of the nice harbours in our area. After this Start Sailing day, you'll sure be caught by the sailing bug, and we'll discuss with you how you can develop your sailing skills and turn this into an exciting hobby.
Join us on one of our C-MASTERS yachts for a day of sailing on the beautiful water of Zeeland.
Or would you prefer a day of sailing at the Belgian coast ? No problem, our partner Sailing4U2 in Nieuwpoort would be happy to accommodate you at their yacht. Just send us an enquiry, and we'll make your Start Sailing day a great start of your sailing passion.
Want to know what training programs are best for you?
Our training courses are a great way to develop your sailing and navigation skills. All over the world lots of sailors follow the RYA program with certificates all the way from the Essential Navigation course to the highest levels of Yachtmaster.
As Yachtmaster Instructors we have learned that just having a certificate may not always be enough to become a confident skipper, and should be complemented with practical experience, technical / nautical skills and with plenty of miles.
To help our clients develop these skills and build up more specific experience, we have created a range of C-MASTERS practical trainings to enrich the RYA courses. Selecting the best training program for you might involve a mix of RYA and C-MASTERS trainings, and is one that we can best tailor on the basis of an assessment.
During two days, we'll assess your practical and theoretical skills in several situations, both during daytime and at night. What better way to define a programme to build and improve your skills? Ths two-day assessment is highly recommended for Yachtmaster candidates and anyone who intends to make sailing a profession.
Welcome to our C-MASTERS Training Centre in the Netherlands
We offer a comprehensive program of RYA sailing and navigation courses, supplemented with our own experience builders and mile builders. Using this combination of complementary theoretical and practical training modules, we will coach you all the way from your first sailing experience to become a confident experienced offshore skipper.
In addition, we offer several special C-MASTERclasses for skill building on hands-on topics such as radar, boat handling and celestial navigation.
We are lucky to have the Oosterschelde estuary as our sailing area. It is a beautiful and exciting tidal sailing area with access to open sea for offshore sailing to England, Belgium and anywhere you'd like us to take you.
Our training centre is based at Van der Rest Nautic Marina, located in Kats and Wemeldinge in The Netherlands.
What makes us different?
Our mission is to offer a great learning experience to our clients in a fun, and above all, safe way.
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We are the only RYA school in our region with no more than 3 students in the classroom and on board. This will give you the maximum attention by your instructor and the most time on board to practice your skills.
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On practical courses, our students can have their own cabin, giving you lots of privacy and comfort on board.
- We extend the standard RYA training course packages with additional practically useful books for free. We're keen to motivate you to keep on learning, also after you completed the course with us.
- Students are offered free access via our platform to our instructors during their course and 6 months after they finished their course for advice or any questions on the course or on sailing in general.
- We will personally pick you up at the local train- or bus station if you're traveling to us by public transportation
- All our students will receive a detailed skill development program as part of their course, tailored to their knowledge, achieved progress and personal objectives.
- Outstanding students can enrol in our own C-MASTERS delivery crew training program, turning your hobby into a profession.
