bareboat skipper

Skipper Course

We organize a complete training for a skipper, which includes three courses within one, lasting 10 days. The course is held in Montenegro, with departure from the marina Porto Montenegro, on a sailboat over 12m long. The course is limited to 5 students.

This course consists of three separate courses:

  • IYT INTERNATIONAL CREW
  • IYT VHF MARITIME RADIO TRAINING
  • IYT BAREBOAT SKIPPER

What are you going to learn in this course?

  • Nautical terminology
  • Security Briefing
  • Working with ropes
  • Basic rules of navigation
  • Introduction to the weather forecast
  • Basic sail handling
  • Basic handling of the vessel under the engine
  • Procedure for rescuing a man in the sea
  • Marine equipment and instruments
  • Engine Inspections and Maintenance
  • Sailboat control, sails and engine
  • Basics of Motor Boat Handling
  • Skipper Responsibilities
  • Crew Safety Checks
  • Hull and rope checks
  • Mechanical and system checks
  • Water capacity and fuel range
  • Itinerary
  • Sources of meteorological information
  • Time patterns
  • Sea and land winds
  • Types of clouds and formations
  • Port Regulations, Customs, Immigration
  • Anchoring, mooring in the marina, mooring to the side
  • Ropes, knots, maintenance and use of rope
  • General Deck Work
  • Theory of tides and currents
  • Tidal heights
  • Charting the Effects of Tides and Currents
  • Conflict of Laws
  • Lights, shapes and sounds
  • Application of regulations
  • Advanced Motor Inflatable Boat Handling

What This Course Can Do For You

Upon successful completion of the exam, you have the opportunity to independently steer a sailboat up to 24 meters long with a sail area of more than 80 m2, at a distance of no more than 20 nautical miles from the coast.

Price - 1.450 EUR

It’s included in the price

  • Professional literature in English in PDF format (modules 1 to 11 – INTERNATIONAL CREW, module 12 – VHF-SRC and from 13 to 25 – BAREBOAT SKIPPER)
  • Certified Instructor during the training.
  • Accommodation on board in a double cabin for 10 days. (The fee for a single cabin is 25% of the basic price of the course)
  • Cost of berths in marina Porto Montenegro
  • “CREW” T-shirt Sailing School Serbia
  • “SKIPPER” T-shirt Sailing School Serbia – after passing the practical and theoretical exam
  • Telephone support for 12 months from taking the course

Price does not include

  • Cost of food for the student and instructor
  • Cost of fuel for the boat, final cleaning, berths in marinas, tourist tax (total about 115 EUR per participant)
  • Transportation to the base marina
  • IYT Bareboat Skipper Certificate (100 EUR) – paid per passed exam
  • IYT VHF Certificate (50 EUR) – paid per passed exam

Note

The tests are taken in English

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IYT INTRODUCTORY SAILING SKILLS

This course of five days of two hours, aims to provide candidates with the introductory knowledge required for the crew of a sailboat (mono hull or catamaran) up to 15 meters, in inland or coastal waters,< 5 miles from the coast during daylight hours, in moderate winds and moderate sea conditions.

The course is great for groups of friends or like-minded individuals, to gather over a few days of fun sailing while learning skills to better assist as crew on a boat. We hope that candidates will enjoy the experience and advancement at higher levels of sailing courses.

This course deals with training for the full range of VHF Radio and SRC communications for both recreational and professional boaters. Attendees will learn how static radios, handheld (mobile) radios, EPIRBs, SART devices, AIS and DSC-enabled radios are used effectively in nautical communication.