This is a 5 day course, depending on wind and conditions, aimed to deliver a safe, informed, confident and competent day sailor/skipper who can confidently command a sailboat up to 10 meters (32.8 feet) and crew during daylight hours in fair conditions in inland waters (bay or lake sailing) or coastal waters up to 5 miles offshore.

Recommended Entry Level Requirement:

A learn to sail course/certificate

Certificate Limitations:

• Command a vessel up to a maximum length of 10 meters (32.8 feet)
• Inland waters (bay or lake sailing) or coastal waters up to 5 miles offshore
• Daylight hours and in fair conditions with moderate wind and sea conditions
• Course Outline
• Basic sails and sailing
• Collision Regulations
• Responsibilities of the Skipper/Captain
• Personal Safety Equipment
• Boat Safety Equipment
• Vessel Checkout – Documentation, Charts, Nautical Publications and Flags
• Equipment & General Checks
• Basic Ropework
• Capsizing, Swamping and Sinking
• Responsibilities of the Crew, Care of the Environment, Provisioning & Housekeeping
• Outboard Motors
• Boat Handling Under Power
• Basic Meteorology
• Charts
• Tides & Currents
• Buoyage
• Man-Overboard Procedures
• Anchors, Anchoring and Running Aground
• Basic First Aid
• International Flotilla Skipper

This is a five day course aimed at increasing a student’s knowledge sufficiently to be a watchkeeper or a flotilla skipper on a live-aboard sail or power boat.