A course that actually trains crew
17 modules covering the whole profession — service, safety, systems, maintenance, and the business of charter. Assessments prove mastery. This one's real — go ahead and answer it.
Quick check: air locks
This is a real YCTA knowledge check — answer it. Every module ends with assessments like this, and progress is tracked step by step.
click to dismiss ✕You don't just read it — you operate it
Recorded straight from the course: you service an engine, install a 12V pressure pump, and crimp real wiring in step-by-step 3D simulations — mistakes included, because that's where the learning is.
Service on a midsize vessel
These aren't mockups — they're screen recordings of the actual in-course simulations you'll train on.
click to dismiss ✕See real systems — right through the walls
See how a working yacht actually runs: the industry-specific equipment hidden behind the panels. This is the real Module 16 system viewer — the actual 3D vessel model from the course, with its real camera keyframes and numbered part labels. Launch it, drag to orbit, and hop between fuel, bilge pump, 110V electrical, and black water.
The real course vessel — Fuel, Bilge Pump, 110V Electrical, and Black Water systems, rebuilt right into this page. It's a large model (~16 MB), so it loads when you launch it. Drag to look · scroll to zoom · hover a number for its name.
This isn't a mockup — it's the actual Module 16 vessel model with its real saved keyframes and part labels. Launch it, then hop between Fuel, Bilge Pump, 110V Electrical, and Black Water.
click to dismiss ✕Real methods, real knowledge
Crews don't guess a route — they build one. In this Module 6 practice, you cross-reference the guests' preference sheet against the same tools working crews use — Google Maps and Navionics charts — and plot the week from it. Tab through the tools below.
Plan the charter route
This is how you'll learn planning: read the guests' preference sheet, then work the same charts real crews use. Tab between the three tools — they're live.
click to dismiss ✕Captains who can plate. Chefs who pitch in.
On a midsize charter there are no passengers on the crew list — whether you're a captain or a chef, small teams mean everyone pitches in. The Charter Professional trains crews that know how to work together: here, menu planning, provisioning, and table service from Module 6.
Menu planning, provisioning & table service
Every role trains every skill — service, galley, deck, and systems — so a small crew covers for each other without missing a beat.
click to dismiss ✕Learning that talks back
Nothing here is a wall of text. Hotspot explorations, follow-the-lines wiring quizzes, decision walkthroughs, quiz answer explanations — dozens of interactive blocks that make you do the thinking (and tell you why), from Module 1 to the final assessment.
Do the thinking, not just the reading
Every module mixes reading with interactives like these — the course checks you understood before it lets you move on.
click to dismiss ✕One home base for your whole voyage
Progress and milestones, printable deliverables you keep forever, the explore-the-vessel 3D viewer with its knowledge quiz, the Resumé Builder, transcripts and your certificate — all on your personal dashboard.
The dashboard tracks every step, flips milestone cards as you earn them, and even quizzes you on the 3D vessel — the same explorer you tried above.
click to dismiss ✕A certificate anyone can verify
Finish the course and you hold a numbered Certificate of Completion — the real thing, below — and anyone you hand it to can confirm it's genuine in seconds, straight on yct.academy. No phone calls, no doubt.
Every certificate carries a number with a public verification page — captains, brokers and management companies can confirm yours instantly.
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