The Zero to Hero sailing course is developed for people who wish to become a recreational sailing yacht skipper and qualify for chartering and handling big cruising boats and bareboat cruising on their own.
This course provide level of competence that someone needs to act as skipper on a sailing yacht of approximately 30 to 78 feet during a multi-day cruise upon inland or coastal waters in moderate to heavy winds (up to 30 knots) and sea conditions.
Upon completion of the course candidate should be able to demonstrate knowledge of provisioning, galley operations, boat systems, auxiliary engine operations, routine maintenance procedures, advanced sail trim, coastal navigation including basic chart plotting and GPS operation, multiple anchor mooring, health & safety, emergency operations, weather interpretation including knowledge of navigation rules to avoid collisions and hazards.
This profound program to International Bareboat Skipper is a practical and professionally run course. It comprises of 12 sailing days and 12 nights on board. You will be sailing in coastal waters during the day making small hops and learning advanced sail trim, coastal navigation and practicing multiple-anchor moorings. Nights will be spent in comfortable picturesque bays.
At the end of this bareboat charter certification course, you will have mid-sized sailboat experience, with sufficient knowledge and skills to operate a sailboat as a skipper.
Our cruising monohull will become your home and classroom for the next 12 days. With a maximum of 2 students at the same time, everyone will enjoy a private cabin onboard.
Skipper responsabilities
- Safety briefing
- Passage planning
- Collisions regulations
Basic meteorology
- Weather patterns
- Sea and land breezes
- Cloud types and formations
- Interpret official forecasta
Boat knowledge
- Hull and rig checks
- Machinery and system checks
- Fueling techniques
- General deck work
- Water use and conservation
Pilotage
- Maneuvering under power and sail
- Boat anchoring
- Safe use of winches
- Proper use of halyards and lines
- inter-crew communication when maneuvering
- GPS navigation
Sail handling
- Rigging
- Tacking
- Gybing
- Winching
Navigation
- Chart work
- Compass bearing
- Dead reckoning
- Estimated position
- Tides
- Piloting techniques including set, drift and leeway calculations
COLREGs & lights
- Collision regulations
- Lights, shapes and sounds
VHF
- VHF use
- Distress signal
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