Prerequisites:

• Be 25 years of age or older;
• Be a CYA Advanced cruising Instructor registered for the current year;
• Have completed the Offshore Standard as a student;
• Achieve 90% on the current Celestial Navigation Examination;
• Achieve 90% on the Offshore Examination (which is an open-book, take home exam);
• Have 300 hours teaching as a CYA Cruising Instructor with 50% or more of this time teaching on the water, and have taught at least 2 Advanced programs leading to CYA Advanced Standard certification;
• Have a current Red Cross, St. John Ambulance or other nationally recognized Standard First Aid Certificate at time of certification
• Have a current certificate in CPR level B or higher;
• Have logged a minimum sailing experience of:
  a) A total of 1500 nautical miles of passage making as skipper or watch keeping crew accumulated on offshore passages of not less than 200 miles each; and
  b) A minimum of three separate offshore passages with at least two as skipper, including a passage further than 200 nautical miles from land;
• Plan and execute an unfamiliar landfall as skipper;
• Be recommended by an Offshore certified Instructor-Evaluator certified and registered for the current year; and
• Demonstrate a competent understanding and ability to teach, evaluate and coach principles of advanced and celestial navigation.

Note: An offshore passage is defined as a voyage exceeding one hundred miles from the nearest land and is navigated by celestial and electronic means without visual or electronic reference to terrestrial objects.

For more information, visit the CYA website.