Sailing school of RAYS is the leading yachting school in Russia, teaching a full range of International Yacht Training courses up to “Master of Yachts 200gt unlimited (ocean)”. Courses in RAYS sailing school run in accordance with requirements of STCW IMO and IYT standards.

All Instructors of RAYS Sailing school are experienced professional skippers, most certified instructors in IYT branch.

Yachting for professionals	Recreational yachting	Theory and practice aboard
Special courses	Sсhedule	Instructors of RAYS

Yachting for professionals

Our school presents all the range of International Yacht Training educational program:

• Master of Yachts Limited 200 Tonn
• Master of Yachts Unlimited 200Tonn

The certificates of this branch are worldwide recognized by charter and insurance companies, coastguard and port authorities.

Recreational yachting

Due to high qualification of our instructors and unique intensive teaching methods, studying sailing in our school is surprisingly both efficient and pleasant. Process of transformation from zero-experienced beginner to reliable bareboat skipper takes just two weeks!

Our recreational courses:

• International Crew
• Watchkeeper/Flotilla Skipper
• Bareboat Skipper

Theory and practice aboard

Usually our students pass consequently two separate courses:
Shore based theory (5 days) and
Practical course (10 days aboard)
But we have a special option -

Two week Theory and Practice course placed in Marmaris, Turkey

Special courses

For those who wish to get more confident with some special subjects of sailing we offer following additional courses:

• VHF radio operator
• Diesel
• Marine English
• Racing

Sсhedule

Instructors

• Aleksey Panasenko — Instructor Master of Yachts IYT, Yachtmaster RYA
• Vladimir Vatrunin — Master of Yachts 200 Tons Unlimited IYT
• Sergey Golofast — Master of Yachts 200 Tons Unlimited IYT
• Alexander Medvedev — Master of Yachts 200 Tons Unlimited IYT
• Alexey Tikhonov — Master of Yachts 200 Tons Limited IYT