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Individual ISSA Inshore Skipper course

The certificated confirms the skills sufficient to sail the yacht 24 m in light and dark hours at a distance from a sheltered port up to 20 sea miles.

May 31 – June 7, 20268 days · 7 active days

Start and finish
Limasol, Cyprus
Level
Beginners
Languages
Russian, English
Organizer

Sofya T

About the event

Individual ISSA Inshore Skipper course

This course is designed to provide training and practice for the ISSA Inshore Skipper certification.

Minimum age required: 16 years old

Suggested number of training hours: 50 hours

4 weekends in a row, 7 days practice and theory/ or 7 days in a row

The course is 8 days from 9:00 to 17:00 + one day-a-night navigation with at least 20NM crossing.

Yachts: FAREAST 28R
HANSE 400 (12 meters)
Beneteau Oceanis 41 (12+ meters)
Beneteau Oceanis 38.2 (11 meters)

Course Outline:

  • Responsibilities of a bareboat skipper
  • Crew safety checks
  • Hull and rig checks
  • Machinery and systems checks
  • Fuel and water capacity and range
  • Menus and quantities ü Float plan
  • Sources of meteorological information
  • Weather patterns ü Sea and land breezes
  • Cloud types and formations
  • Pilotage and passage planning
  • Considerations when planning a passage
  • Routine for navigating a coastal passage
  • Passage strategy
  • Port regulations, customs, immigration
  • Pilotage plans
  • Vessel handling in confined quarters
  • Mooring, anchoring, coming alongside
  • Ropes, knots, care and use of lines
  • General deck work
  • Tides and currents theory
  • Tidal heights, springs and neaps
  • Rule of "twelfths"
  • Position fixing, running fixes
  • Plotting the effect of tides and currents
  • Collision regulations
  • Lights, shapes and sounds
  • Application of the regulations
  • Advanced dingy handling

Offers and pricing

  • Beneteau oceanis 38 oceanis 38, built 2022

    Beneteau oceanis 38

    4 cabins, 4 overnight guests

    OrganizerSofya T

    • One-week course (7 practice days and 40 hours of theory)

      €4,900per person · whole trip

    • Paid separately

    • Shared expenses

      €300per person

    • Refundable security deposit

      €600per person

    What the price covers

    Price does not include: fuel, meals

Itinerary

  1. ISSA Inshore Skipper course Time of training: 9-30 to 17-00, with a lunch break. One day there will be a night out with a transfer to another marina.

Location

Cyprus