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A practical Day Skipper course in Croatia
April 18 – 25, 20208 days
- Start and finish
- Zadar, Croatia
- Level
- Beginners
- Activity level
- Low
- Languages
- Russian, English
- Organizer
About the event
Croatian national rights are issued by state bodies and accepted around the world, which has been repeatedly verified by our graduates.
During the course, you will receive practical sailing yacht management skills necessary for independent coastal navigation. You will learn how to moor in a marina, anchor, pull a crew member out of the water, maneuver on sails and manage a team. You will receive the night navigation skills. One day you will act as a captain: you will plan a day crossing, conduct training, manage the team. You will refresh theoretical knowledge and prepare for the exams.
At the end of the course, you will pass the exam in the Croatian captain’s office in Zadar. If you pass the exam successfully you will receive category B license that entitles you to operate a boat up to 30 gross tons (approximately 60 feet) 12 miles from the coast. A Croatian license also includes a VHF (radio) certificate, you won’t need to receive it separately.
You will learn:
- Acceptance of a boat, safety rules.
- Security equipment and emergency analysis.
- Man-overboard situations.
- Sails, settings and control of a sailing yacht.
- Mooring in a marina, on a buoy, on an anchor.
- Sailing maneuvers.
- Night navigation and a VHF radio.
Training stages:
- To practice, you don’t need experience managing a yacht, but to successfully pass the exams, you will need to have theoretical knowledge. We will send materials in Russian free of charge 3 months before the start of the course. The course is based on the materials of the RYA school. There will also be full-time training for residents of St. Petersburg and correspondence / on-line training for residents of other cities.
- A practical course in Croatia.
- An exam at the end of a practical course in the Croatian captain’s office. If you pass the exam successfully you will receive category B license, which gives the right to manage a yacht up to 30 gross tons (about 60 feet).
Offers and pricing
OrganizerRegattafortuna .
One place in the team
€1,349per person · whole trip
What the price covers
Included in the cost: - Accommodation in a double cabin. - The yacht and gennaker insurance. - The yacht cleaning at the end of the course, bed linen, towels. - Wifi on the yacht. - Croatian tourist tax. - The course in Russian. - The work of a professional skipper. - Fuel for the yacht. - Mooring in marinas. - Croatian exams and license fees. - A private lesson in theory from the captain’s office examiner. Additional expenses: - Meals, including for the captain (an average of 25-50 € per person per day). - Transfers. - Airplane tickets - Visa.
Itinerary
- Saturday
15:00 — Arrival in Zadar, check-in on a yacht, buying food. Dinner and meeting the team.
10:00 — The start of the Day Skipper practice course
- Thursday
10:00 — Taking exams in the Croatian captain’s office
- Friday
10:00 — Going out to the sea, free time. Delivering the yacht in Zadar.
- Saturday
Going home
Location
The training will take place in Croatia, in the Zadar marina.