Advanced Sailing Course

Advanced Sailing Course

ADVANCED COURSE

Long distance sailing

In the Advanced Course, participants are captains, taking turns during the days and nights of the course. More advanced exercises will be practiced and what was learned in previous courses and workshops will be put into practice. Individual night shifts will be done and more advanced theoretical and practical topics will be covered.

The topics you will delve into in this course include:

ISSUE

Theory

Practical

Parts of a Ship

X

X

Navigation Positions

X

X

Nautical Terminology

X

International Maritime Law

X

Types of Sailboats

X

Sailing maneuvers

X

X

Handling Ropes and Sails on Board

X

X

Basic knots

X

X

Coordinates and Nautical Charts

X

X

Tides

X

Safety on board

X

X

Docking, mooring and anchoring

X

X

Global Navigation Routes

X

Beaufort scale

X

Maritime signals

X

X

Navigation lights

X

Electronic systems on board

X

X

Apparent vs. real wind

X

X

Boat preparation

X

X

Right of way

X

X

Meteorology

X

Binnacle

X

X

Dead reckoning navigation

X

X

Route Planning

X

X

Magnetic Variation

X

Environmental Protection

X

At the end of this course you will obtain your certificate to process the international ISSA Offshore Skipper license.

The boat used depends on the number of participants in the course, we have boats available for groups of 2-8 people.

We commonly use the 45-55 foot monohull sailboats listed on our website.