Powerboat Bareboat Skipper Course

IYT International Bareboat Skipper (Power)

International Bareboat Skipper (Power) This is a ﬁve day course which is not for beginners and the recommended requirements are a VHF radio operators certiﬁcate, and to have logged over 200 nautical miles and 10 days at sea before being certiﬁed at this level.

The recommended minimum age to obtain this certiﬁcation is 18. Obtaining this certiﬁcate through an IYT partner school who has been approved by IYT to offer the “International Certiﬁcate of Competency” to their candidates automatically qualiﬁes for an ICC which is required to charter a vessel in most European countries.

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Certificate recommendations

Command of a vessel up to a maximum length of 78 ft /24 metres
In coastal waters up to 20 miles offshore
In daylight hours and in fair conditions with moderate wind and sea conditions

This certiﬁcate is the level of competence that one needs when chartering a boat in the Mediterranean or West Indies where there are restrictions in terms of cruising area and distance from the base and the vessel has to be safely moored in a marina or anchored before dark

Prerequisites

IYT Competent Crew or equivalent

Duration : 5 days

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Course Details

Day 1 Classroom

Responsibilities of the Skipper and Watch keeper, Meteorology, Chartwork
Lunch
Passage planning, Colregs

Day 2

Close quarters maneuvering and docking, picking up a mooring,
Lunch on board
Steering a compass course, Electronic navigation, MOB drill under power, Berthing

Day 3

Ready boat
Depart OMYC for Local Island Colregs, compass fixes, introduction to charts,
Lunch on board
Anchoring – knots, dinghy use
Dinner On Board
Introduction to handling a powerboat at night

Day 4

Breakfast on board
Ready boat
Colregs, compass fixes, charts, bouyage, colregs
Lunch on board
High speed maneuvering, anchoring – knots, dinghy use
Dinner on shore

Day 5

Breakfast on board
Ready boat
Power maneuvers
Return to Ocean Marina/final exam
Disperse