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Join more than 240 independent sailing and superyacht schools delivering one syllabus, one standard, and certificates accepted in 56 countries. You keep your business, your prices and your language.

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240 +
Partner Schools
56
Countries
50 +
Approved courses
10 +
Languages

Two routes in

Find out which one
you are before you apply

Recreational and professional partnerships are different commitments. Most schools start recreational and add professional courses later.

Route A

Recreational School

For schools teaching sailing, powerboating and the International Certificate of Competency to the general public.

What you need

At least one IYT registered instructor, suitable vessels, and a base your students can reach.

Approval process

Document review. No on site inspection required to start.

Time to first course

Weeks, not months.

Start a recreational application

Route B

Professional School

For schools delivering MCA recognised Master of Yachts and commercial superyacht crew qualifications.

What you need

Qualified instructors, approved examiners, compliant facilities and vessels, and documented procedures that meet our quality system.

Approval process

On site inspection before approval, then periodic audits. We tell you what the inspector checks in advance.

Time to first course

Several months. This is a serious undertaking and we would rather you knew that now. Your first course will be audited in person.

Start a professional application

What partnership
gives you

Recognition
students trust

  • Certificates accepted by more than twenty governments
  • MCA recognised professional qualifications
  • The ICC, required across most European waters
  • Photo certificates with holograms and online verification
  • Your school listed and linked on our websites

Curriculum you
don’t have to build

  • Complete syllabus and course materials, maintained by IYT
  • Exclusive access to the IYT School Management and Booking Platform
  • E-learning your students complete before they arrive
  • Teach in your own language (if recreational), materials stay standardised
  • Over 20 years of maintaining a comprehensive Quality Management System

A network that
sends you students

  • Modular courses, so students can start with you and finish anywhere
  • Students arriving from other partner schools mid pathway
  • Instructor training pipeline to grow your own team
  • Regional support and direct access to IYT staff
  • You set your own course prices and schedule

Included at no cost

The software to run
Your school is included

Most certification bodies hand you a syllabus and leave you to manage bookings in a spreadsheet. We built you a system instead, and it is free to every partner school.

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No setup fee, no monthly subscription, no minimum. We are paid a small percentage only when a student books and pays through the platform. If you take payment offline, it costs you nothing.

Publish your course schedule

Build courses and packages once, set dates and seats, and let students book online.

Take payment in your currency

Card payments settle straight to your own account. Offline payment mode is there for regions where cards are not the norm.

Collect documents before arrival

Set prerequisites per course. Students upload passports, medicals and prior certificates. You approve or reject with one click.

Assign instructors to courses

Instructors will automatically be sent a course manifest one week before the course begins, so they know who they’re teaching.

Schools in the network

Independent businesses,
Not franchises

Partner schools keep their own name, their own boats and their own pricing.

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★★★★★

Being an IYT partner school means offering certifications that are respected worldwide. The global strength of the IYT brand attracts students to the Maritime School of the West Indies in St. Maarten, from as far as Singapore, Hawaii, Canada, and South Africa.

Garth Steyn

Maritime School of the West Indies, St Maarten

mswi students

★★★★★

What PYTUSA values most about being an IYT partner school is the global recognition and credibility that IYT certification provides to our students. This partnership allows PYTUSA to maintain its high training and assessment standards while delivering qualifications that are widely respected within the yachting industry.

Mark Schwegman

Professional Yachtmaster Training USA, Ft. Lauderdale

mswi students

★★★★★

IYT has been instrumental in our mission to develop world-class superyacht crew, particularly among Filipino professionals, as reflected in the growing demand from principals and employers seeking IYT-certified candidates.

Jead Advincula

Superyacht Academy in Asia and the Pacific, Philippines

The Process

Four steps, and you will know
where you stand at each one

01

Apply

About 20 minutes

Tell us about your school, your instructors, your vessels and where you operate. One form, and you can save it and come back.

02

Review

Within 10 working days

We check your application against the standard for the route you chose, then come back with an approval, a list of what is missing, or an honest no.

03

Onboarding

2 to 6 weeks

Register your instructors, receive course materials and the quality manual, and get your school set up on the booking platform with a walkthrough from our team.

04

Run your first course

You choose the date

Publish your schedule, take your first booking, and order certificates online when your students pass.

This is an estimated timeline, actual processing times may vary.

Schools in the network

Independent businesses,
Not franchises

Partner schools keep their own name, their own boats and their own pricing.

All Schools

School Membership

An annual fee to hold partner school status, be listed on iytworld.com, and order certificates. Priced by region.

All schools

Instructor Registration

Each instructor is certified and holds an annual membership. The cost depends on the range of courses they are approved to teach.

All schools

Certificates

Ordered and paid for online, per student, as you issue them. Photo certificates with security features. Shipping is quoted at the point of order.

Professional Route Only

Inspection and audit

Professional schools are inspected before approval and audited periodically after. Cost varies with your location and the inspector’s travel. We quote it before you commit, and we group regional visits to keep it down.

What you will not pay for

The booking platform, course material updates, or a share of your course revenue. You set your own course prices, and IYT does not take a cut of what you charge your students.

Before
You Ask

Do I have to teach in English?

No. Course materials are developed in English, but we encourage you to teach in the language your students think in. Several courses are available in multiple languages.

Can I still run courses from other certification bodies?

In most cases yes. The one exception is that we do not partner with schools affiliated with the International Sailing Schools Association.

Who sets the price of my courses?

You do. IYT does not set, approve or take a percentage of your course fees. You price for your market and your season.

How often will I be audited?

Recreational schools are audited on a light periodic cycle. Professional schools are audited more regularly because their certifications carry government recognition. We group visits regionally so the cost is shared rather than carried by one school.

I already run a school, how disruptive is switching?

You are adding, not switching. Most schools keep running their existing courses while they register instructors and get their first IYT courses on the schedule.

Apply to join
The Network

One form. If we are not the right fit for your school, we will tell you quickly rather than leave you waiting.

Start your application