You planing to buy (or just did it) a sailing yacht and sail around the world.
Spend the last years watching those Youtube Sailing Channels of happy people enjoying life? Now its your time but you don’t feel enough confident to slip your mooring lines. You are not that quick doing a bowline or a clove hitch. How and when reef sails. How to negotiate a harbour entrance or just making a pilotage plan to enter a busy harbour?!
With Living aboard Skipper combo you will get your Bareboat skipper, VHF and Powerboat certifications.
You will be living onboard for the entire course (18 days) and we will make a short passage to visit another harbour.
This course requires an intensive preparation (4 e-learning courses). We recommend at least 3 weeks preparation.
A catamaran endorsement is available. Contact us for price and extra days.
Listen one of ours ex-students and what he has to say about this course.
What does this mean? Instead of doing this course in a fixed location, you can optionally set sail towards a destination. We call those adventures our Sailing Expeditions. Accommodation is included in our Sailing Expeditions! If you are searching for adventure and a unique learning experience, you should check this out.
Available combinations:
Before booking any of our expeditions, please make sure to have read all the relevant information showed above and understand all conditions that may apply when joining a sailing expedition. For a better experience onboard for all crew members, some basic rules should be understood and followed. You can find them in this links:
READ: What to expect?
READ: Terms and conditions
The following are the main subjects to be taught during this course. After completion, the student should be competent at an acceptable level.
Courses included:
- International Crew course
- Bareboat Skipper course
- Small Powerboat & Rib Master course
- VHF course
- Catamaran Endorsement available on request (extra)
If you want to know more details about the course outline and subjects, please contact us here.
Some of our courses require some qualifications or previous experience from the candidate due to the nature the course.
This are the pre-requirements to book and join this course:
If you want to know more details about certifications and proven experience onboard, please contact us here.
Use this documents to start learning and preparing your course. Please note that you should go through all this information before you start your course with us.
If you need more details on course preparation, please contact us here.
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