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Competent Crew, Day
Skipper, Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster
Courses lead to certification from the ISA (Irish
Sailing Association)
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Sailing Courses 2007 |
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Competent
Crew:
This
course is for the person who has no cruising experience.
It is considered as an introduction to cruising and
the pupil should, on completion, be capable of taking
an active part as the crew of a cruising yacht, including
watchkeeping. The syllabus includes but is not restricted
to the following:
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1.
Knowledge of sea terms, parts of a boat, rigging
/ sails.
2.
Sail handling.
3.
Ropework.
4.
Fire precautions and fire fighting.
5.
Personal Safety Equipment.
6.
Man overboard.
7.
Distress Signals.
8.
Manners and Customs.
9.
Rules of the Road.
10.
Dinghies.
11.
Meteorology.
12.
Seasickness.
13.
Helmsmanship and Sailing.
14.
General Duties. |
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Day
Skipper:
This
course introduces the subjects of pilotage, navigation,
seamanship and boat handling up to the standard required
to skipper a small cruising yacht safely by day in familiar
tidal waters.
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1.
Preparation for sea.
2.
Deck Work.
3.
Navigation.
4.
Pilotage.
5.
Meteorology.
6.
Rules of the Road.
7.
Maintenance and Repair Work.
8.
Victualling.
9.
Emergency Situations Engines.
10.
General Organisation.
11.
Watchkeeping at sea and in harbour.
12.
Yacht handling under power.
13.
Yacht handling under sail.
14.
Passage Making. |
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Coastal
Skipper and Yachtmaster Courses
Some
of our courses are available to prepare pupils for the
above tests.These courses are run by a Yachtmaster instructor.
See below for scheduled courses. Additionall courses
can be run for a group of at least 3. Exams are done
by an ISA appointed examiner - please be aware of exam
perrequisites:
Coastal
Skipper:
The
Coastal Skipper Certificate certifies a recreational
sailor's ability to skipper a sailing yacht under sail
and auxiliary motor on coastal passages during daylight
and at night. The assessment is a practical assessment
run at sea in a cruising boat.
Prerequisite
requirements:
1.
The following logged in a sailing yacht within 10 years
of the exam: - 800 miles in tidal waters - 25 days at
sea, 3 days as skipper - 12 night hours. Where a candidate
holds a course completion certificate from a shorebased
course in either the ISA Coastal Skipper or Yachtmaster
Offshore then the logged requirements are as follows:
- 600 miles - 20 days at sea, 3 days as skipper - 12
night hours. Mileage completed during ISA certified
Coastal Skipper sea based courses may be included in
the logged requirements
2.
Restricted Cert of Competency in VHF Radiotelephony
or SRC Module 1
3.
Candidate must be at least 16 years of age at the time
of assessment.
Duration
of assessment One candidate: 6 - 10 hours. More than
one candidate: 4 - 8 hours per candidate. Boat required
The boat used for assessments would normally be a sailing
yacht with an auxiliary engine that is at least 7 meters
in overall length and which is suitable for cruising.
The yacht must be equipped to category B as defined
in the ISA Yacht Safety Equipment list. Please contact
us if you require a boat to be provided.
Yachtmaster:
The
ISA Yachtmaster Offshore Certificate certifies a recreational
sailors ability to skipper a sailing yacht under sail
and auxiliary motor on coastal and offshore passages
during daylight and at night. The certificate is endorsed
for recreational use by the Department of Marine, Communications
and Natural Resources. The assessment is a practical
assessment run at sea in a cruising boat.
Prerequisite requirements
1.
The following logged in a sailing yacht within 10 years
of the exam. - 3000 miles. - 50 days at sea, of which
6 days must have been as skipper. - 30 night hours on
watch. - 6 varied passages greater than 60 miles in
length, on 2 of which you must have been skipper. Where
a candidate holds a course completion certificate from
an ISA Yachtmaster Offshore shorebased course, then
the logged requirements are as follows: - 2500 miles.
- 50 days at sea, of which 6 days must have been as
skipper. - 30 night hours on watch. - 6 varied passages
greater than 60 miles in length, on 2 of which you must
have been skipper. Mileage completed during ISA certified
sea based courses may be included in the logged requirements
2.
Restricted Certificate of Competency in VHF Radiotelephony
or SRC Module 1
3.
Approved Sea Survival Course Completion Certificate.
4.
Approved current First Aid Certificate
5.
The candidate must be at least 18 years of age at the
time of assessment.
Duration
of assessment One candidate: 8 - 12 hours. More than
one candidate: 5 - 9 hours per candidate. Boat required
The boat used for assessments would normally be a sailing
yacht with auxiliary engine that is at least 7 metres
in overall length and which is suitable for cruising.
The yacht must be equipped to category B as defined
on ISA Yacht Safety Equipment list.
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