5 Day Yachtmaster Passage Week

What To Expect from your Yachtmaster Passage Week

Our Yachtmaster Passage Week is designed to give aspiring Yachtmasters genuine offshore experience in a challenging but supportive environment. Throughout the week you will take an active role in planning and executing real coastal and offshore passages, including night sailing, watch keeping, pilotage, navigation, and passage planning. Rather than simply building miles, the focus is on developing the confidence, judgement, and practical seamanship expected of a Yachtmaster skipper. You will rotate through key onboard roles under the guidance of an experienced instructor, gaining valuable hands-on experience in decision making, crew management, weather interpretation, and operating the yacht safely offshore. Every trip is shaped around the conditions and opportunities available, ensuring realistic passage making experience while maintaining a strong commitment to safety and quality training aboard with Infinity Yachting.

Typical Itinerary for a Yachtmaster Passage Week

Every Yachtmaster Passage Week is planned around the weather, tides, and sea conditions to provide the best possible offshore sailing experience while maximising valuable qualifying miles. Depending on the forecast and passage opportunities, routes may include longer offshore legs along the South Coast, crossings to the Channel Islands or Northern France, overnight passages, and pilotage into unfamiliar harbours. Rather than following a fixed schedule, each trip is adapted to create realistic passage making scenarios and expose crew to a wide range of conditions, navigation challenges, and watch keeping routines that reflect real offshore cruising and Yachtmaster-level sailing.

Who Is A Yachtmaster Passage Week For?

Our Yachtmaster Passage Week is aimed at sailors looking to build meaningful offshore experience and prepare for the demands of the RYA Yachtmaster Coastal or Offshore examination. It is ideal for those who already have a solid foundation of sailing experience and want to develop their confidence in passage making, night sailing, navigation, skippering, and offshore decision making. Whether you are actively working towards a Yachtmaster exam, looking to gain qualifying sea miles, or simply wanting to expand your experience in a structured and professional environment, this week provides valuable real-world sailing experience designed to take your seamanship to the next level.

Why Choose Infinity Yachting?

At Infinity Yachting we focus on delivering genuine sailing experience in a professional but relaxed environment. With small crew numbers and an experienced instructor onboard, you will be actively involved throughout the trip rather than simply along for the ride.

Our well-equipped offshore yacht provides the ideal platform for developing real-world seamanship, and our flexible approach to weather and passage planning allows us to make the most of the conditions while always maintaining a strong commitment to safety.

You leave with far more than logged miles — you gain confidence, practical knowledge, sound decision-making skills, and valuable offshore experience that will stay with you long after the trip ends.