Sailing course in Limassol

This course provides structured training and practical experience for the ISSA Inshore Skipper certification.

• Minimum age: 16 years
• Recommended training: 50 hours
• Duration: 6–7 days (including night navigation and at least a 20 NM offshore passage)
• Yachts used: FAREAST 28R, HANSE 400 (12m), Beneteau Oceanis 41 (12+ meters)

Course Outline:

⚓ Skipper responsibilities & safety

• Responsibilities of a bareboat skipper
• Crew safety checks
• Hull, rig, machinery and system inspections
• Fuel, water capacity and passage range
• Voyage planning and float plan preparation

🌦 Weather & navigation

• Sources of meteorological information
• Weather patterns, sea and land breezes
• Cloud types and formations
• Tides and currents theory
• Springs, neaps and rule of twelfths

🧭 Passage planning & pilotage

• Pilotage and coastal passage planning
• Passage strategy and decision-making
• Port regulations, customs and immigration procedures
• Pilotage plans and navigation routines

⚓ Boat handling & seamanship

• Vessel handling in confined waters
• Mooring, anchoring, coming alongside
• Ropes, knots and line handling
• General deck work

📍 Navigation skills

• Position fixing and running fixes
• Plotting tidal and current effects
• Collision regulations (COLREGs)
• Lights, shapes and sound signals

🚤 Practical skills

• Advanced dinghy handling
• Real-life sailing and offshore practice