Sailing course
IYT Day Skipper
Description
This is a 3 day course, aimed to deliver a safe, informed, confident and competent day sailor/skipper who can confidently command or work as crew on a sailboat up to 10 meters (32.8 feet) during daylight hours in fair conditions in inland waters (bay or lake sailing) or coastal waters up to 5 miles offshore.
Certificate Limitations:
- Command a vessel up to a maximum length of 10 meters (32.8 feet)
- Inland waters (bay or lake sailing) or coastal waters up to 5 miles offshore
- Daylight hours and in fair conditions with moderate wind and sea conditions
Course Outline:
- Basic sails and sailing
- Collision Regulations
- Responsibilities of the Skipper/Captain
- Personal Safety Equipment
- Boat Safety Equipment
- Vessel Checkout – Documentation, Charts, Nautical Publications and Flags
- Equipment & General Checks
- Basic Ropework
- Capsizing, Swamping and Sinking
- Responsibilities of the Crew, Care of the Environment, Provisioning & Housekeeping
- Outboard Motors
- Boat Handling Under Power
- Basic Meteorology
- Charts
- Tides & Currents
- Buoyage
- Man-Overboard Procedures
- Anchors, Anchoring and Running Aground
- Basic First Aid
Prerequisites
Some of our courses require some qualifications or previous experience from the candidate due to the nature the course. These are the pre-requirements to book and join this course:
At least 16 y.o.
If you have any questions about the pre-requisites, please contact us.
Included
Conservation project donation fee
Sail on a Nautor Swan
Theory e-learning course
Meals onboard
Course notebook
Small groups max 3 students
Organization
Day 1 - 9:30-17:00
Day 2 - 9:30-17:00
Day 3 - 9:30-17:00
Accommodation is not on board
Meals included: lunch
Online material
Use these 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.
For this course, we do not have any online material available.
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