RYA course structure > What is your objective > The RYA course and qualification structure for sail and power comprise theory and practical training courses in preparation for classroom and sea based assessment.
Refer to RYA logbooks G15/98 or G18/98  for the training and experience required for the various standards:
If you own a boat you may wish to undertake RYA training to keep it and you safe, and to affect insurance. If on the other hand you plan to charter then companies will require evidence of practical training to protect their boat, and their (don't forget your own) Insurance.
Anyone taking a British flagged vessel or chartering in the med will require an ICC (International Certificate of Competence), which is based on a Day Skipper practical certificate or above.  In the UK it is up to individual charter companies as to what certificates they require clients to hold. In all cases ask the instructor for the applicable RYA Course Completion Certificate, (CCC). Charter companies may additionally require less formal evidence of experience for other members of the crew.
 Note the ICC or CCC certificates are quite different from the MCA Yachtmaster licence for which you are specifically examined.

SHORE-BASED
TRAINING

MCA
certificates of competence
(formal practical qualifications)

SEA-BASED
TRAINING