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Sailing course IYT Bareboat skipper

After completing the course, you will receive an IYT International Bareboat Skipper certificate.

March 2 – 11, 202510 days · 10 active days

Start and finish
Phuket, Thailand
Level
Beginners
Languages
Russian, English
Organizer

Sofya T

About the event

The aim of the 10-day course is to provide you with all the necessary theoretical knowledge and practical skills required to safely and confidently act as a skipper/captain when sailing a yacht. This includes: inflatable powerboat handling, sailing under sail and power, including difficult weather conditions and limited visibility, basic meteorology, marina maneuvering, use of compass and other navigational equipment, use of nautical charts, navigation, tides and currents, ICCC72, navigation lights, basic first aid and safety, captain's responsibility.

After passing this program you will receive the IYT International Bareboat Skipper certificate, which will allow you to charter a yacht up to 24 meters long in any water area of the world, as well as a certificate of radio operator.

Course dates :

2-11 March 2025 - 1 place

16-25 March - 2 places

Classes are held every day from 9am to 5pm with a lunch break

Theory is included in the price

  • 1. Design of a sailing vessel
  • Hull structure, name of parts and details
  • things to do
  • running and standing rigging
  • sails, structure, name and purpose of parts
  • aerodynamics
  • sailing courses
  • principles of ship movement in the water
  • sail handling
  • 2. Navigation
  • Mercator chart
  • symbols
  • course, bearing, track angle, orientation
  • route guidance
  • MLA at sea, by reckoning and observing
  • executive laying
  • passage plan
  • 3. meteorology
  • weather formation
  • weather map, cyclone, anticyclone, fronts
  • forecast, structure
  • squall
  • 4. MPPCC 72.
  • 5. Radio communications
  • GMDSSB
  • radio station
  • negotiation structure
  • urgency and distress signals

Offers and pricing

  • Princess 26m, built 2022

    PRINCESS 26M

    4 cabins, 8 overnight guests

    OrganizerSofya T

    • One place in the team, without accommodation on the yacht

      €1,400per person · whole trip

    • Paid separately

    • Shared expenses

      €1,400per person

    • Refundable security deposit

      €600per person

    What the price covers

    food, certificates (appr. 250 EUR)

Itinerary

  1. Theory and practice lessons

Location

Phuket