Yachtmaster School · Learn with YouSail
Yachtmaster quizzes.
Understand every answer.
A growing sailing school for curious crew and aspiring skippers. Work through a learning track, tackle a calculation or put your knowledge to the test.
3 learning tracks · 18 lessons · 168 practice questions
Around 3.5 hours of guided study, plus exercises and repeat practice. All free.
“Let’s turn knowing into understanding.”
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Track 1
Prepare yourself and your crew
Choose your route, brief the crew, organise your experience and turn revision into a useful plan.
- 1.1Start here · 10 min
Find your Yachtmaster route
Make sense of training, experience and the exam before you spend money on a course.
8 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore - 1.2Experience · 10 min
Keep a useful sailing log
Record what actually happened aboard, while you can still explain the details.
8 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore - 1.3Crew and safety · 13 min
Give a briefing people remember
Turn a list of equipment into a calm, practical conversation with the people aboard.
10 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore - 1.4Communications · 13 min
Get ready for marine radio training
Separate the equipment, operator training and information you need for clear communication.
10 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore - 1.5Exam preparation · 13 min
Turn revision into a practice plan
Use evidence from your learning to decide what to study, ask and practise afloat next.
10 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore
Track 3
Make better decisions afloat
Connect weather, lookout, collision rules, pilotage and anchoring through practical scenarios.
- 3.1Weather · 10 min
Read beyond the wind number
Build the habit of reading the whole marine forecast before making a decision.
8 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore - 3.2Planning · 11 min
Build a passage plan you can use
Move from a line on a chart to a plan your crew can understand and adapt.
8 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore - 3.3Collision avoidance · 13 min
Build a proper lookout routine
Connect observation, communication and speed to the conditions around you.
10 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore - 3.4Collision avoidance · 13 min
Recognise the encounter first
Practise identifying overtaking and the limits of simple give-way slogans.
10 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore - 3.5Pilotage · 13 min
Turn an approach into a pilotage plan
Build a short sequence of expected observations and useful checks for a fictional harbour approach.
10 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore - 3.6Seamanship · 13 min
Plan an anchorage before you arrive
Think through shelter, depth, seabed, swinging space and the plan for checking the anchor.
10 questions + a practical exerciseReady to explore
Put it together
A fresh challenge every round.
Mix all three tracks or choose a focused round in preparation, navigation or seamanship. Your results show which lessons to revisit. In study mode, search the full bank of illustrated answer guides.
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Recall it later. Return for mixed practice across topics.
Learning for the real world
This is a growing revision library, not a complete Yachtmaster syllabus, recognised training course or official RYA question bank. Completing a quiz does not award a certificate or establish exam readiness.
Build on it with practical training, a preparation plan and time afloat through the YouSail sailing community.
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