DAY 1 (THEORY) - Time: 17:00 – 22:00
Safety at sea and use of safety equipment aboard
- Familiarization with electronic navigational aids
- Types of luxury yacht tenders
- Types of engines
- Types of hulls
Compass and magnetism
- Variation & Deviation
ISSA Offshore Power Yacht Skipper
Experience required prior training: 28 days at sea as skipper or watch leader in at least 2 voyages, at least in 2 sea areas Certification required prior training: SRC and First Aid Certificate Minimum age required: 18 years old Suggested number of training hours: 40 hours theory / 2 days practical + 2 hours night navigation
DAY 2 (THEORY) - Time: 17:00 – 22:00
Aids to navigation
- Channel lateral marks & cardinal marks
- Safe water mark & special marks
- Isolated danger mark & Emergency wreck buoy
Marine Navigation
- Types of charts
- Common chart projection
- Nautical publication
- Chart work instruments
- Reading chart symbols
DAY 3 (THEORY) - Time: 17:00 – 22:00
Marine Navigation
- Longitude & Latitude scale familiarization
- Plotting a position on chart
- Measuring distances
- Plotting a course
- Speed, time, distance calculation
- Point fix & Running fix
Planning a short passage
DAY 4 (THEORY) - Time: 17:00 – 22:00
International Regulations for Preventing Collision at sea
- Rules application
- Definition
- Responsibility
- Steering and sailing: Look out, safe speed, risk of collision, etc
- Lights and shapes
- Sound and light signals
Tides & Current
- Tides and its causes
- Spring tide & Neap tide
- Tidal definitions
- How to read tide tables
- Tidal streams
- Currents and its causes
DAY 5 (THEORY) - Time: 17:00 – 22:00
Weather study
- Effect of weather on sailing
- Sources of weather information
- High and Low pressure
- Barometer and Barograph
- Weather front
- Warm and Cold front
- Sea breeze & Land breeze
- Beaufort scale
- Types of clouds
- Types of fogs
Man, overboard procedure & Anchoring technique
- Possible situations for M.O.B.
- Types of anchors
- Considerations before anchoring
- Preparation for the sea
DAY 6 (PRACTICAL) - Time: 8:00 – 13:00
Vessel preparation for sea
- Vessel pre-departure safety checks
- Starting the engines and generator
- Familiarization with the engines’ throttle and how it works
- Maneuvering the vessel in a confined space
Carrying out a short passage practically
DAY 7 (PRACTICAL) - Time: 8:00 – 13:00 & 18:00 - 20:00
Vessel handling under power
- Vessel preparation for sea
- Maneuvering in confined space
- Berthing alongside & astern
- M.O.B. Procedure
- Anchoring
Night navigation for 2 hrs at the end of the day
Certificate
Course Calendar
2021, APRIL
Evening Classes Sunday 4 until Saturday 10 Sunday 18 until Saturday 24
2021, MAY
Evening Classes Sunday 2 until Saturday 8 Sunday 23 until Saturday 29