John Percival Marine Associates

The UK has left the EU, and the transition period after Brexit comes to an end this year. From 1 January 2021 you may need a visa to enter the UK, depending on your nationality or if you are an EU citizen. We advise you to check your visa requirements before you travel. The gov.uk […]

We are often asked by Yacht Engineers if they should go for the Y4, or the new SV 2nd Engineer CoC. We cannot tell you which CoC to go for, but we will try to give you all of the information so you can make an informed decision. There are 4 options open to you, […]

Many Yacht engineers ask us if they should convert their current Yacht CoC to an SV CoC. For those who already hold a CoC, there are conversions listed in MIN 524. Starting with Conversion A1 (converting Y4 to 2nd Eng SV) going all the way through to Conversion R (converting a Merchant Navy 2ndEngineer Unlimited to Chief […]

The MCA have agreed that candidates applying for an Unlimited CoC may use service gained on Yachts >24m. This includes OOW, Chief Mate and Master Unlimited, however you must gain the OOW Unlimited before being able to progress through the Unlimited CoCs. Many of the courses required are the same ones you have already done […]

JPMA/Hoylake Sailing School are an ELCAS approved training provider. If you have ELCAS funding available to you, you can use it to pay for your training at this centre. When making a booking with us, all you need to do is let us know that you will be accessing your ELCAS funding, and provide us […]

The STCW Convention 1978 has been amended by the 2010 Manila Amendments and contains new requirements for all seafarers. In addition, the MCA have recently made changes to the pre-requisites for issuing UK STCW CoCs: 1) Updating-Refresher Training for STCW – All Seafarers. 2) Requirements for Deck & Engineering Yacht CoC Applications. 3) Seafarers revalidating their Certificates […]

Engineering candidates may submit an application for a Letter of Initial Assessment if they already hold a large amount of yacht/sea service, or non-yachting certificates or have apprenticeship or other employment experience. To be assessed you must download and submit the relevant application form Once the MCA have assessed at which level you may enter […]

Candidates undertaking a MCA written exam conducted by SQA/IAMI who have been diagnosed as dyslexic by either an educational psychologist or a Specialist Dyslexia Teacher may be allowed an extra 15 minutes for each hour of normal examination time. Please note that we must make a request for the extra time to be granted by […]

OOW, Master, Y4, Y3 & Y2 modules are valid for 3 years from the date of issue of the pass certificate. (The Master Celestial Navigation certificate is valid for 1 year.) An NoE is valid for 5 years from date of issue, and for 3 years after a successful oral exam. You must apply for […]

There are a number of RYA practical certificates and CoCs which can be commercially endorsed. See this page of the RYA Website for a list of certificates which can be endorsed, and for information on how to do it. The RYA have developed an online training course to prepare commercial endorsement holders for the extra […]