The ISSA Offshore Skipper leads onto Professional Certificate of Competency.
It allows the holder to skipper yachts up to a maximum of 80ft / 24m ( sailing vessels ) and crew in coastal waters up to a distance of 60 miles offshore in moderate wind and sea conditions, day and night. A 14 day course with an initial foundation/revision course (3 days), 6 day coastal master theory course and 5 day practical course.
This certificate is the globally recognised measure of competency for command of small power and sail vessels. The folllowing is also required
- An STCW 2010 Basic Safety Training Certificate
- a VHF Radio Operator Certificate
- A medical certificate including colour blindness testing
- The requisite Mileage and Experience all properly logged and signed (800 nautical miles)
This course is available for sail only, (not power) and covers both the theory and practical components of the ISSA offshore Skipper Course.
ISSA Offshore Skipper
ISSA courses are unique in that theory and practice are seamlessly interwoven and as a consequence students learning is vastly improved. Sail in Asia's OIffshore Skipper is a course which requires candidates to have mastered the Collision regulations, Navigation (DR, EP, Fixes, GPS, Course to Steer etc), Tides and Currents and have a good knowledge of the ISSA Offshore Skipper Syllabus. It is highly recommended that students wishing to attend this course be experienced at least to ISSA Inshore Skipper or RYA Day Skipper standard.
This certificate is the globally recognised measure of competency for command of small power and sail vessels. An STCW 2010 Basic Safety Training is required and candidates may choose to do this training with Sail in Asia too. Qualification is by passing an externally moderated assessment.
Additional Details:
- Chartwork - Basic Revision
- Electronic Charts
- Night Nav with Navionics
- Fixing position, pilotage, passage planning
- Secondary Ports
- Tides
- Currents
- Engines
- Meteorology
- Safety
- MOB
- MOB at Night
- International regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea (COLREGS)
- Ropework
- Towing
- Anchoring
- Emergency procedures
- Ships power plant
- Modern Apps
- Electronics on a yacht
- Heavy weather sailing - principles
- Ropework
- Towing
- Anchoring
- Emergency procedures
- First Aid at Sea
- Restricted Visability procedures
Previous experience:
- 50 days on board a yacht at sea as an active crew member
- Logged 3,000 miles in a yacht while cruising at sea
- 2,000 of this must be on coastal voyages
- 1,500 miles must be on a vessel under 24m
- 6 passages over 60 miles as master
- within the last 5 years.
- 30 hours on watch at night / 6 hours as master
- A VHF Radio Operators Certificate.
- STCW'95 Basic Safety Training Certificates
- A current medical fitness examination and a colour blindness eyesight
Duration: 14 days
Qualifications: IYT MOY Coastal Master
What's included: Instruction, Yacht, Bottled Water, Fuel and Insurance
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