RYA booking software built for how centres actually run.
Schedule courses, take bookings, issue completion certificates, track instructor qualifications and run the fleet, in one platform. The whole RYA syllabus is pre-loaded. So is everything you have been doing in spreadsheets.
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Fourteen things it does for RYA centres.
Broad Reach replaces the patchwork of spreadsheets, email templates, paper sign-offs and standalone booking widgets that most RYA training centres rely on. One platform, end to end. Every one of the fourteen below is the real component with sample records, running in your browser. Click around.
The whole RYA syllabus, pre-loaded.
Every RYA course, Start Yachting through Yachtmaster Ocean, plus the Sail Cruising, Powerboat, Dinghy, Windsurfing and Personal Watercraft schemes, ready to schedule. Add your own non-RYA courses alongside.
Multi-course, multi-vessel, multi-instructor. One calendar.
Run a Day Skipper Practical and a Competent Crew on the same yacht. Share an instructor across two courses. Stack a Yachtmaster prep on the same week. Conflicts are caught before you save.
Sell cabins individually, with their own pricing.
For Mile Builders, Yachtmaster prep weeks and any liveaboard course: sell cabins per berth, per tier. Allocation, capacity and pricing handled automatically.
Bespoke 1-on-1 bookings, not just group courses.
Own Boat Tuition, mile-builders, family charters, refresher hours, on the same calendar as your scheduled RYA courses, with custom hours and bespoke pricing.
Sign off every student, on the boat.
The course manifest on any device, with a sign-off for each student: completed or not, the instructor’s feedback, the certificate number. It all syncs straight to the student record.
Completion certificates, issued automatically.
Your centre’s own certificate of completion, generated when a course finishes, with your branding and instructor signature, emailed straight to the student. Official RYA certification stays with your centre to issue through the RYA. Optional: switch it off if you’d rather issue manually.
Every student. Every course. Every trip.
Tomorrow’s manifest in one click. A student’s full RYA course history in another. Search any past trip by boat, instructor or date, useful for RYA inspection visits.
Students and instructors get their own portals.
Students see their progress, certificates, next courses. Instructors see their roster, students, sign-off sheets. Inbound "when is my course?" questions drop to near-zero.
Track levels, expiries and revalidations.
RYA Yachtmaster Instructor, Cruising Instructor, Powerboat Trainer: track every qualification and expiry date. Reminders fire before revalidations lapse.
Service records, defects, refits, all logged.
Per-vessel logs for services, defects, coding renewals, and reminders. Useful for MCA Coding inspections as well as day-to-day fleet ops.
See weather and tides right on the calendar.
Marine forecast and tide times overlaid on every trip. Plan course start times around the tide, brief students on conditions, decide on weather contingencies.
Every customer email, already written, ready to send.
Confirmations, joining instructions, pre-course pre-reads, post-course certificates, follow-ups, feedback requests: all written, all branded, all triggered at the right moment.
Build new revenue with online courses.
Sell theory online between practical weeks. Recurring revenue, weather-proof. Lessons are built from blocks: text, video, images, callouts, quizzes with feedback.
A charter module, not a course with a different label.
Day and overnight charters with their own packages, skippered or not, priced flat, per person or in guest-count bands. People request from your site or an embedded widget; you assign the boat and skipper, send a quote and take payment on confirmation. Availability accounts for your courses, your other charters and any downtime, so a boat teaching on Thursday never gets offered for a charter on Thursday.
Three reasons RYA centres pick Broad Reach.
Built for the RYA workflow.
Most booking tools were built for hotels and gyms. The RYA-specific bits, syllabus sign-off, completion certificates, instructor revalidation and MCA-coded vessel tracking, are first-class here, not bolt-ons.
Replaces six tools, not augments them.
Online booking, payments, calendar, certificates, waivers, instructor portal, student portal, email and SMS automation. One platform, one bill, one place your data lives.
Pricing that matches your size.
1.75% of the bookings you take, with a small monthly minimum. No setup fees, no per-seat licences, no per-booking caps. The enquiry board is free for as long as you like. See pricing →
RYA booking software: questions we get asked.
Does Broad Reach issue completion certificates?
Yes. Your centre’s own certificate of completion, generated on course completion with your branding and instructor signature, emailed automatically to the student. Official RYA certification stays with your centre to issue through the RYA. It is optional, so you can turn it off if you prefer to issue manually.
Is the RYA syllabus pre-loaded?
Yes. Every RYA course is in the catalogue from day one: Start Yachting, Competent Crew, Day Skipper, Coastal Skipper, Yachtmaster Offshore and Ocean, plus the Sail Cruising, Powerboat, Dinghy, Windsurfing and Personal Watercraft schemes. You can also add your own non-RYA courses.
Does it handle multi-course, multi-vessel scheduling?
Yes. You can run a Day Skipper Practical and a Competent Crew on the same yacht, share an instructor across two courses, and stack a Yachtmaster prep on the same week. Conflicts are caught at the point of saving.
Can students sign waivers and pay online?
Yes. Online payments via Stripe (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay), deposits and balances, digital waivers signed on any device with an audit trail. All wired up from day one.
What does it cost?
1.75% of the bookings you take, with a small monthly minimum once you are taking bookings. No setup fees, no per-seat licences. Full platform access from sign-up, and the enquiry board is free on its own. Full pricing here.
Can we switch from our current system?
Yes. Most centres switch in a single weekend. We import courses, students, instructors and historical data. Read the switching guide.
Begin with your enquiries. Free, today.
Create a free account and the enquiry board is switched on when you arrive. The WhatsApp message, the phone call, the email and the conversation at the desk land on one board, with a name, a course and a next step against each one. Keep the booking system you already use, and bring bookings across when you are ready.
The experience your client gets off the water should match the standard of the training you give them on it. That is what Broad Reach is for.
- No card
- No contract
- Keep the booking system you already use
- Running this afternoon
