Yachting training - from beginner to skipper

This course will be your first serious step into the world of yachting: yachting terminology in Russian and English; yacht arrangement; Security basics; basic navigation and yacht management ...

You will master the theoretical part of the IYT Bareboat Skipper course and you will be fully prepared to begin the next important stage of yachting training - marine practice on board a yacht, and the result of all the training will be an international certificate giving the right to rent yachts in any marine country in the world and make them coastal swimming.

Why do we need this course:

For beginners - to master the theoretical part of training and prepare for practice on a yacht to obtain an international certificate of IYT Bareboat Skipper.

Novice skippers - fill in the gaps in training, help to understand the nuances associated with the management of the yacht.

Experienced skippers - systematize knowledge and introduce their crew (family, friends, acquaintances) to the basics of yachting before going sailing.

Course program:

The course consists of more than three dozen video lessons, many text lessons, as well as tests to verify the learned material.

An important and integral part of the course are regular webinars (video conferences), which are held on a schedule and which enable students to understand the nuances of the material studied and ask questions that are not covered in the course.

• Introductory lesson: are you familiar with yachting?
• The main parts of the hull and dimensions of the yacht
• Mast, rigging, sails
• Hull, deck, cockpit, interior
• Rescue and fire fighting equipment on yachts
• Distress signals, communications
• Man overboard
• More about life vests
• Special World Sailing Rules
• How to pick and poison ends
• Sailing
• Wind courses
• Sail angle setting
• Sailing Reefs
• Turn Overshoot
• Turn through the fordewind
• Sail cleaning
• Knots
• Mooring, basic terms and concepts
• Types of anchors, anchoring
• Fundamentals of Hydrometeorology for Yachtsmen
• The ebbs and flows. Key Terms and Definitions
• Navigation basics - geographical coordinates, course, bearing
• Marine units
• Main ship navigation lights
• MPPSS, rules for the divergence of ships