IYT International Bareboat Skipper

Having received the International Bareboat Skipper Certificate, you can independently charter a yacht and operate it in the waters of any country.

The International Bareboat Skipper course is a five day course. This course is not for beginners. This is a certificate of competency for those candidates who wish to train to command a vessel up to 24 metres in length, in fair weather and in sight of land.

Candidates should be 16 years of age or over.

To have logged with proof of a total of 200 nautical miles and 10 days at sea by the end of course.

Must have taken IYT’s International Crew physical course with an IYT Partner School (candidates must either hold an IYT International Crew Certificate proving they have taken and passed the course, OR, a gold seal affixed to the IYT Boating & Sailing Passport signed by the school’s principal). Or they must hold an equivalent qualification from another training organisation.

Hold an IYT VHF Radio Operators Certificate or equivalent from another training organisation.

* Please note that we do not accept ISSA VHF qualifications.

(If you are unsure if your radio license will be accepted, please send a scanned copy of the front and back of your license to support@iytworld.com. We will verify that your license is sufficient to receive the IYT International Bareboat Skipper license).

Note: For IYT recreational certification, a “day at sea” is defined as 8 hours at sea, but not at anchor for prolonged periods of time.

If the candidates don’t have a VHF Radio Operators Certificate they can take this course as well.

Certificate Limitations:

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

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
• Float plan
• Sources of meteorological information
• Weather patterns
• 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