Competent Crew Course

Yacht Sailing Courses – Competent Crew Course

The Competent Crew Sailing Course / Ocean Hiker Sailing Course is designed by Island Cruises to give students an in depth insight to all aspects of ocean cruising, boat handling and safety standards. The competent crew course is a sailing course that can be done in as little as 6 days, or as an liveaboard cruise over 5 days and 4 nights. Included are: Study materials, breakfast and lunch, soft-drinks and accommodation aboard the sailing yacht SY Yun Khan, the Ocean Hiker certificate, which is equivalent to RYA competent crew, minimum 100 logged nautical miles and 4 hours of night sailing.

Yacht Intro Course

Introductory Yacht Sailing Course

Join one of our sailing courses and find out for yourself if sailing could be one of your future sports or maybe it even could give you an idea of a new way to travel the world… The Island Cruises introductory sailing courses are fun and offer you a unique chance to gain your first hands on experience at the Helm of an Island Cruises Charter Yacht. This introductory sailing course will give you an insight to some technical aspects involved in crewing a Sail Boat. The participants in our sailing courses will gain a basic knowledge and understanding of the different elements involved in Sailing.

Sailing Career Thailand

Sailing Career

Island Cruises Yacht Charter in Koh Tao offers you the opportunity to start a sailing career, if you are not already sailing. If you are interested in sailing Thailand we offer opportunities to incorporate you in boating activities such as sailing tuition, crewing, cooking or general boat maintenance. Regardless of having some yachting experience or not, having some other trade knowledge such as a cooking, carpentry or electrical knowledge is worth a lot to us. You are welcome to contact us here.

Sailing Destination Koh Tao

Koh Tao Thailand

Koh Tao, located about 70km of the eastern shore of the Gulf of Thailand is an island of only about 21 km². As of 2006 it’s official population number in 1382. Ban Mae Haad, the main town of Koh Tao, is located on the west-coast of the island. The economy of the island is almost exclusively centered around tourism, especially scuba diving. The pristine coral reefs of Koh Tao bring divers to the island for more than 25 years now, and they have made the island famous for scuba diving and diving courses.