Topmast is committed to conducting courses in a safe and responsible manner to ensure the health and safety of our students and Instructors. At Topmast we are mandated by the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act and will act accordingly. We carefully examine...
No one possesses the literary skills to make the subject of buoyage interesting – no one. Buoys, their markings and light attributes are a dry subject and a necessary evil in maritime training schemes. Still, getting them wrong can have very real repercussions....
Sailors are a literate crew and we at Topmast get a lot of questions about where best to satisfy their maritime intellectual cravings. Probably the best nautical bookshop we’ve encountered over the years is in Toronto, aptly called Nautical Mind. Located at 249...
Being back in North American waters has highlighted a rather unique feature of being a Canadian – units of depth. Canada falls somewhere between the metric system and the US (Imperial) system of measurement. We’re caught at that dangerous crossroads between modernity...
The RYA has made a big effort to facilitate the numerous requests for an alternative pathway to the much coveted OOW. Officer of the Watch is a key stepping stone for those looking to eventually ply their trade as a Captain on a superyacht. The BIG problem is most...
Join us on a Swan 44 as we make our way down the east coast from Newfoundland to Annapolis, Maryland. 4 legs with stops in St John's, Lunenberg, and Newport RI.
Topmast was established in 2016 by Fintan Hartnett as an RYA Training Centre and offers a wide array of boating related courses which can lead to employment in the yachting industry for those looking for professionally accepted credentials. Topmast is located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.