International Certificate of Competence

IYT certificates are accepted worldwide and will allow you to charter a boat on your own upon successful completion of the course.

The 2-week sailing course is held along the Croatian Coast of Mediterranean, starting at Seget Donji, in the glorious Split region. All the sailing instructors are highly professional and experienced skippers. The boats used for the course are new, comfortable and modern.

This specific course is only available for selected dates in April and October, however, if you are only available during another month, please contact us and we will be sure to provide you with information about one of our alternative courses.

On successful completion of the course, you will receive an International Bareboat Skipper License (Power or Sail), issued by the International Yacht Training Worldwide Organization (IYT).

After obtaining this qualification, you can take the ICC test at the end of the two-week course and only pay the exam fee on spot or in advance.

How does a sailing course look in practice? In the evening, you are free to have dinner out in a restaurant or prepare a meal on the yacht. After that, you can enjoy a walk and maybe buy some souvenirs.

On Sunday morning the safety brief and more about the yacht itself: water system, toilet, what may be and may not be done on board, get to know the safety rules, internal space of the boat and your route for the 2 following weeks. You will then do the shopping for the provisioning (victualling) as a crew. Having filled in the fridge and ensured there are plenty of drinks aboard and enough drinking water, you are ready to embark your sailing adventure.

During the two weeks, your instructor will teach you the rules of sailing and everyone will start speaking in the same terminology. A typical sailing day starts by calling the hands around 8 am. At 9 you enjoy your breakfast on the deck and prepare for the sailing. Why not rise early and have a walk at the closest coast, swim or a little morning exercise. This will boost your levels of energy and set the mood for a day.

You will enjoy up to 2 hours of theory each day with plenty of opportunities to put new knowledge into practice. During the week, each of the crew will have time to practice all the tasks and to try themselves in the role of skipper by giving tasks and orders on their own and managing the crew.

At the end of two weeks, after successful completion of the course, you will finally receive your awaited Bareboat Skipper License and a completely new world will be open in front of you. Each of our students will be able to return and receive additional practice or rent a bareboat at a special “Sailing School Student” price with our partners.

• Command of a vessel up to a maximum length of 78 ft /24 metres.
• In daylight hours and in fair conditions with moderate wind and sea conditions.
• This certificate is the level of competence that one needs when chartering a boat in the Mediterranean or West Indies where there are restrictions in terms of cruising area and distance from the base and the vessel has to be safely moored in a marina or anchored before dark.

The Sailing School provides an opportunity to people of all backgrounds and ages to find out how fun, safe, inspiring and affordable sailing is!

The yachts selected for the courses will vary. In general, they will be the newer more popular models from the fleet. Take a look at the boats, below.

Year: 2013

Cabins: 4

Heads: 2

Berhts: 10

• VHF certificate, €100
• Logbook, €50
• Dinner celebration at the end of the course in a restaurant (upon agreement)

The price includes:

• Transfer from and to Split airport
• Free parking at the marina
• Instructions and learning material for the courses (Introduction to Boating and International Crew, International Flotilla Skipper and Bareboat Skipper)
• Welcome package
• Full water tanks, electricity, and gas
• Outboard engine and fuel
• Mooring fees
• Bed sheets and towels
• Snorkeling equipment
• Final cleaning
• Free Wi-Fi Internet on board
• IYT Certificate (ID card type)
• Delivery of the Certificate to your home address

Not included: food and provisioning.

Try to keep your list as simple and short as possible. The needs vary, depending on the season. During the hot season period (till 15th of Sept.) the following list will be ideal:

• Personal hygiene products
• Personal first-aid kit and sunblock cream
• Sailing gloves
• Non-slip shoes or boots
• Windbreaker jacket with a hood
• Fleece jacket
• Light t-shirt short sleeved and long sleeved
• Sunglasses
• Shorts, swimsuits
• Flip flops. However, even at warm destinations the open sea can get rough.

You can also find our ultimate guide on what to pack for a sailing holiday here.

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