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in the Netherlands there are basically three different licences
for skippers of non-commercial pleasure boats. Applicants must pass a
computerized exam that requires theoretical knowledge. Practical experience
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'kleine'
vaarbewijzen |
deze
zijn vereist voor het voeren van
- schepen met een lengte van 15 meter of meer die niet bedrijfsmatig gebruikt
wordt;
- schepen met een lengte tussen de 15 en 20 meter die bedrijfsmatig gebruikt
wordt of daartoe is bestemd
- motorboten, jetski's enz. met een lengte van minder dan 15 meter die
een snelheid van meer dan 20 kilometer per uur kunnen bereiken
- sleep- of duwboten, die niet worden gebruikt om een schip met een lengte
van 20 meter of meer te slepen, langszij mee te voeren of te duwen |
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licences
for 'small craft' for handling
- boats of 15m length or longer
- boats between 15 and 20m length that are used or can be used commercially
- motor boats, jet sky, etc. of 15 m length or less with a maximum speed
of 20 km/h
- tow- or push boats that are not used to tow or push a barge longer than
20 m |
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Vaarbewijs
1 |
Vaarbewijs
voor de binnenwateren voor schepen van de pleziervaart tot 25m, met name
op de rivieren, kanalen, kleine meren en ook op de Gouwzee en de Randmeren
(Gooimeer t/m Ketelmeer / Zwarte Meer).
Uitzonderingen zijn: de Westerschelde, Oosterschelde, Waddenzee, Eems,
Dollard, IJsselmeer, IJmeer en het Markermeer.
Op de Noordzee mag zonder vaarbewijs worden gevaren. Dit geldt echter
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licence
for handling pleasure boats of a length up to 25 m in inland waters, rivers
and canals, with the exception of the maritime waterways (West Scheldt,
the East Scheldt, the Wadden Sea, the Eems, the Dollard), the IJsselmeer,
the IJmeer, and the Markermeer.
There is no requirement for navigating the North Sea. This does not apply,
however, for sea ports. |
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Vaarbewijs
A |
Vaarbewijs
voor alle binnenwateren en de boven genoemde vaartuigen met uitzondering
van het gebied van het Rijnreglement. |
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licence
for all inland waters (with the exception of the Rhine) and all the above
vessels. |
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Vaarbewijs
2 |
Vaarbewijs
1 + Vaarbewijs A |
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'grote'
vaarbewijzen |
vaarbewijzen
voor het beroepsmatige voeren van vaartuigen, met uitzondering van het
"beperkt groot vaarbewijs" |
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licences
for the professional handling of vessels |
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beperkt
groot vaarbewijs A |
vereist
voor een gezagvoerder van een schip met een lengte tussen de 25 meter
en 40 meter, geldig voor alle binnenwateren |
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licence
for handling vessels between 25 and 40 m length and all inland waters
(with the exception of the Rhine) |
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beperkt
groot vaarbewijs B |
vereist
voor een gezagvoerder van een schip met een lengte tussen de 25 meter
en 40 meter, geldig voor rivieren, kanalen en meren; |
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licence
for handling those vessels on rivers, canals and lakes (with the exception
of the Rhine and the maritime waterways named above) |
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'sportschipperspatent' |
voor
het varen op de Rijn met een vaartuig langer dan 15 m en korter dan 25
m gelden bijzondere voorschriften, die in het kader van het Rijnscheepvaart-Politie-Reglement
(RPR) zijn vastgelegd. Examens hiervoor worden óf over de hele
Rijn (vanaf Rheinfelden) óf over een beperkt traject afgelegd.
Om tot het examen te kunnen worden toegelaten wordt voldoende nautische
kennis over het traject vereist. Afgezien van een goedkeuring door de
gezondheidsdienst moet de candidaat het traject binnen de laatste tien
jaar zestien keer hebben bevaren, waarvan drie keer in ieder richting
binnen de laatste drie jaar óf als deel van een opleiding minstens
vier keer in ieder richting in het afgelopen jaar. |
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for
navigation on the Rhine with boats longer than 15 m up to 25 m the rules
of the Central Commission apply. Licences are issued either for the whole
Rhine from Rheinfelden downward or for leg of the navigable river. Apart
from a health certificate applicants must prove that they have travelled
the respective trajectory 16 time within the last ten years, whereof three
times in every direction within the last three years, or a minimum of
four times in each direction within the past year as a part of a professional
training course. |
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beperkt
stuurbrevet |
stuurbrevet
voor het varen op alle belgische wateren, met uitzondering van de Beneden-Zeeschelde
gelijkwaardig aan Vaarbewijs 1 (Nederland) |
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algemeen
stuurbrevet |
stuurbrevet
voor het varen op alle belgische wateren zonder uitzondering
gelijkwaardig aan Vaarbewijs 2 (Nederland) |
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während
in vielen Ländern die Bestimmungen vereinfacht wurden, bestehen in
Deutschland nach wie vor eine Vielzahl von Führerscheinen. Je nach
Bootstyp, -größe und Fahrtgebiet werden unterschiedliche Führer-
bzw. Schifferscheine verlangt. Neben den vorgeschriebenen amtlichen Scheinen,
die insbesondere für die Fahrt auf den Binnengewässern für
Boote über 5 PS vorgeschrieben sind, bestehen eine Reihe von freiwilligen
Scheinen, die allerdings vom Vermieter, Charterer oder Versicherer eines
Boots verlangt werden können. Nicht-deutsche Staatsbürger müssen
je nach Revier entsprechende Scheine ihres Landes vorweisen können.
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Sportbootführerschein
Binnen
für Fahrzeuge mit Motor |
Amtlich
vorgeschriebener Führerschein für deutsche Staatsangehörige,
die ein Sportboot mit einer Motorleistung ab 3,69 kW / 5 PS im Bereich
der Binnenschiffahrtsstraßenordnung einsetzen. Gilt für
das Führen von Yachten bis zu 14,99 Metern Länge und einer Verdrängung
von 14,99 Tonnen.
Auflagen: Mindestalter
16 Jahre. Ärztliches Attest über die
Seh- und Hörfähigkeit. Bescheinigung (z.B. Führerschein)
über die Teilnahme an einem Lehrgang "Sofortmaßnahmen
am Unfallort". |
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Sportbootführerschein
Binnen
für Fahrzeuge unter Segel |
Freiwilliger
Führerschein zum Führen eines Sportboots unter Segel bis 14,99m
Länge und einer Verdrängung bis 14,99 Tonnen im Bereich der
Binnenschiffahrtsstraßenordnung. Wird häufig von Bootsverleihern
verlangt und gilt als Voraussetzung für die Teilnahme an einer Regatta.
Auflagen: Mindestalter
14 Jahre. Ansonsten wie oben. |
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Sportbootführerschein
Binnen
für Fahrzeuge mit Antriebsmaschine und unter Segel |
Kombination
der beiden obenstehenden Scheine. |
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Sportschifferzeugnis
E |
Führerschein
für Sportboote oder Yachten bis 25 Meter Länge. Das Zeugnis
gilt für alle Binnenschifffahrtsstraßen, die keine besonderen
streckenbezogenen Kenntnisse erfordern. Es gilt daher nicht für den
Rhein. Für Sportboote < 25 m ist es auch im Ausland als äquivalentes
Patent zum Führen von Booten auf Binnenwasserstraßen anerkannt
(französisches grand plaisance fluviale, International
Certificate of Competence (bis 24m) oder niederländischer
Klein Vaarbewijs). |
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Sportschifferpatent |
Wie
das Sportschifferzeugnis E ein Patent zum Führen eines Sportfahrzeugs,
das größer als 15 m und kleiner als 25 m ist, im Gebiet der
Rheinschiffahrts-Polizeiverordnung (Rhein von Rheinfelden bis zur Niederländischen
Grenze, Pannerdens kanaal, Waal, Lek, Neder-Rijn). Das Sportschifferpatent
wird von allen Verkehrsteilnehmern mit entsprechenden Fahrzeugen unabhängig
von dem Land der Herkunft bzw. Staatsangehörigkeit verlangt. Das
Patent gilt nur für die Strecke, für die es beantragt wird.
Kenntnisse dieser Strecke sind Gegenstand der abzulegenden Prüfung.
Auflagen: Mindestalter 18 Jahre, Tauglichkeitszeugnis durch einen Amtsarzt,
nautische Kenntnisse über die Strecke, auf der das Patent gelten
soll. Voraussetzung zur Zulassung zur Prüfung ist ein Nachweis, daß
die betreffende Strecke (oberhalb der Spyck'schen Fähre) innerhalb
der letzten zehn Jahre mindestens sechzehnmal, davon mindestens je dreimal
in jeder Richtung innerhalb der letzten drei Jahre, oder im Rahmen einer
sachgerechten Ausbildung mindestens viermal in jeder Richtung innerhalb
des letzten Jahres vor Eingang des Antrags befahren worden ist.
Zuständig für Prüfungsanträge sind die entsprechenden
Wasser- und Schiffahrtsämter. |
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Revierpatente |
amtliche
Führerscheine, die aufgrund lokaler Regelungen für bestimmte
Binnenseen (z.B Bodensee) gelten. Die Patente können auf Dauer oder
für einen bestimmten Zeitraum erteilt werden. In der Regel wird die
Vorlage des Sportbootführerscheins Binnen vorausgesetzt. Auskunft
erteilen die örtlichen oder regionalen Verkehrsämter. |
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DSV-Jüngstensegelschein |
freiwilliger
Führerschein des Deutschen Segler Verbands zur Nachwuchsförderung,
der nur von jungen Segler in ausgewählten begrenzten Revieren unter
fachkundiger Leitung erworben werden kann und als Befähigungsnachweis
zur Führung von Jollen bis zu 13 qm Segelfläche gilt. Der Schein
verfällt mit Vollendung des 17. Lebensjahres. |
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Sportbootführerschein
See
für Fahrzeuge mit Motor |
amtlicher
Führerschein für deutsche Staatsangehörige, die ein Sportboot
mit einer Motorleistung ab 3,69 kW / 5 PS im Bereich der Seeschiffahrtsstraßenordnung
(innerhalb der 12sm-Zone) einsetzen.
Auflagen: Mindestalter 16 Jahre, Nachweis der Seh- und Hörfähigkeit
und der Teilnahme am Lehrgang "Sofortmaßnahmen am Unfallort". |
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Sportküstenschifferschein |
amtlicher,
jedoch freiwilliger Sportküstenschifferschein als Befähigungsnachweis
zum Führen von Segel- und/oder Yachten in den Küstengewässern
innerhalb der 12-Meilen-Zone.
Voraussetzung für den Erwerb ist der Besitz des Sportbootführerscheines-See
und eine erfolgreiche Teilnahme an einer theoretischen und praktischen
Prüfung über gute Seemannschaft und navigatorische Kenntnisse.
Prüfungsanwärter zur praktischen Prüfung müssen 300
sm auf Yachten im Küstenbereich nach Erwerb des Sportbootführerscheines-See
nachweisen. |
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Sportseeschifferschein |
Freiwilliger
Führerschein zum Führen eines Sportboot im 30sm Küstenbereich,
der Nordsee, der Ostsee, dem englischen Kanal und dem gesamten Mittelmeer.
Vorausgesetzt werden umfangreiche Kenntnisse in Navigation, der elektronischen
Navigationseinrichtungen, der Wetterkunde, Gezeitenkunde und Seemannschaft
sowie Seeverkehrsrecht u.dgl. Die Ausbildung erstreckt sich über
rd. 120 Stunden.
Auflagen: Mindestalter 16 Jahre, Sportbootführerschein See und
Nachweis über 1000 gefahrene Seemeilen außerhalb des Binnenbereiches
bzw. 700 sm bei BR-Schein Inhabern |
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Sporthochseeschifferschein |
Freiwilliges
Patent zum Führen eines Sportboots auf der Hohen See.
Vorausgesetzt werden umfangreiche Kenntnisse des Bewerbers in astronomischer
Navigation. Die Ausbildung umfaßt rd. 80 Stunden.
Auflagen: Mindestalter 18 Jahre, Besitzt des Sportseeschifferscheins,
sowie Nachweis über 1000 gefahrene Seemeilen außerhalb des
Binnenbereiches. |
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Segelschein
BR |
Freiwilliger
Führerschein zum Führen eines Segelboots Sportboot im Bereich
der Seeschiffahrtsstraßenordnung innerhalb der 12-sm-Zone. Der Führerschein
ist nicht zwingend vorgeschrieben, wird aber von vielen Bootsverleihern
verlangt und bei Teilnahme an einer Regatta vorausgesetzt.
Auflagen: Mindestalter 16 Jahre, Nachweis der Seh- und Hörfähigkeit,Teilnahme
an einem Lehrgang: "Sofortmaßnahmen am Unfallort" sowie
300 gefahrene Seemeilen außerhalb des Binnenbereiches. |
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Segelschein
BK |
Freiwilliger
Führerschein des Deutschen Segler Verbands.
Die Ausbildung hierfür umfaßt umfangreiches Wissen zu Navigation,
Wetterkunde, Gezeitenkunde, Seemannschaft, Verkehrsrecht u. dgl. Der Schein
gilt für den 30 sm Küstenbereich, Nordsee, Ostsee, englischer
Kanal und das Mittelmeer.
Auflagen: Mindestalter 18 Jahre, Segelschein BR, zusätzliche 700
gefahrene sm., Nachweis der Seh- und Hörfähigkeit und Befähigungsnachweis
im Umgang mit pyrotechnischen Mitteln. |
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Segelschein
C |
Freiwilliger
Führerschein des DSV für Schiffsführer im Hochseebereich.
Auflagen: Mindestalter
18 Jahre, Segelschein BK, weitere 1000 gefahrene Seemeilen. |
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Permis
Plaisance |
Si
la puissance de l’appareil propulsif est inférieure à 4,5
kW / 6 cv, aucun permis n’est exigé pour piloter un navire de plaisance
à moteur. |
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option «eaux intérieures» |
pour
la navigation sur les eaux intérieures avec un bateau d'une longueur
limitée à 20 mètres;
conditions: au moins 16 ans; aptitude medicale |
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option
«grande plaisance fluviale» |
pour la navigation en
eaux intérieures sur des bateaux sans limite de longueur;
conditions:
au moins 18 ans; aptitude medicale |
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option
«côtier» |
pour
la navigation en mer jusqu'à 6 milles d'un abri,
conditions: au moins 16 ans; aptitude medicale |
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option «hauturier» |
pour la navigation en
mer, sans limite de distance ni de puissance;
conditions:
au moins 16 ans; aptitude medicale |
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no
licences required |
in
the United Kingdom no licences for the handling of boats inland or at
sea are required. Courses like the ones below (Royal Yachting Association)
are, however, organized and offered by sailing schools and yacht clubs. |
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Start
Yachting Course |
for absolute beginners with no previous
experience. Over two days participants will be shown how to steer a yacht,
how to handle the sails, a little ropework and an insight into safety
on board. |
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Competant
Crew Course |
five-day course for complete beginners
with no previous experience. In addition to steering and sail handling
participants will be shown how to keep a lookout and row a dinghy. |
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Day
Skipper Theory Course |
The
shorebased course requires 40 hours and two written exams are taken at
the conclusion. Primarily about the basics of navigation, seamanship and
the weather, when completed you should be able to navigate a boat in familiar
waters in daylight. |
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Day
Skipper Practical Course |
to
be completed in 5 days or over 3 weekends. This can be undertaken in either
tidal or non-tidal waters and the certificate issued at completion recognizes
the distinction. The course covers boat handling, seamanship and navigation
and pilotage. When finished you should be able to skipper a yacht in familiar
waters in daylight.
Requirements: participants should have spent five days at sea with 4 hours
night sailing and have logged 100 miles. |
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Watchleader
Practical Course |
teaches
the responsibilities of a watchleader, navigation seamanship, safety and
collision avoidance. After the 5 day course participants should be able
to take the watch on a sail training vessel.
Requirements: participants should have have logged 100 miles and spent
five days at sea with 4 hours night sailing. |
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Coastal
Skipper / Yachtmaster Offshore Theory |
in
part a preperation for the Coastal Skipper and Yachtmaster Offshore practical
examinations. It continues on from the Day Skipper theory course looking
again at navigation and meteorology and also considers safety, collision
avoidance and passage planning. The course takes 40 hours and concludes
with three examination papers. When completed you should understand the
theory of navigation required to undertake coastal and offshore passages.
Requirements: Some practical experience is necessary and understanding
of the theory of navigation to the level of the pervious Day Skipper
theory course. |
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Coastal
Skipper Practical Course |
Course
that can be taken in tidal or non-tidal waters. (The certificate issued
at completion recognizes the distinction.)
The course is aimed at skippers wishing to make coastal passages by both
day and night. The course lasts 5 days and deals with boat handling, safety
and emergency situations, pilotage by day and night and passage planning.
You will be expected to plan and skipper a short passage. Upon completion
participants should be able to skipper a yacht on coastal passages by
day and night.
Requirements: The course assumes that participants will have spent 15
days at sea with 2 of them as skipper and have 8 night hours. They should
have logged 300 miles. They should have practical skills equivalent to
the Day Skipper Theory Course and theoretical navigation to Coastal
Skipper/Yachtmaster Offshore Theory. |
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Coastal
Skipper Sailing Practical Examination |
Course
content includes boat handling and seamanship, collision avoidance, safety,
passage making and navigation, meteorology and ability as skipper. Upon
completion you should be capable of skippering a yacht on coastal passages
by day and night and with the additional of a commercial endorsement you
can skipper commercial vessels under 24 metres in length up to 20 miles
from a safe haven. For one person you should expect the exam to take between
6 - 10 hours, if two people are taking the exam this will increase to
between 8 -14 hours.
Requirements: experience of 30 days at sea with 2 days as skipper and
12 night hours. Participants should have logged 800 miles. They are also
required to hold a First Aid Certificate and a VHF SRC Radio Operator's
Certificate. They should understand theory to the level of the Coastal
Skipper/Yachtmaster shorebased course. |
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Yachtmaster
Offshore Sailing Practical Examination |
You
will be expected to demonstrate your ability as the skipper of an offshore
sailing yacht, including questions on collision avoidance, navigation,
pilotage, meteorology and boat handling. After a sucsessful completion
you should be able to skipper an offshore sailing yacht by day or night.
For one person you should expect the exam to take between 8 - 12 hours,
if two people are taking the exam this will increase to between 10 -18
hours.
Requirements: Candidates should have spent 50 days at sea with 5 days
as skipper and have logged 2,500 miles. They should have made 5 passages
in excess of 60 miles including 2 overnight and 2 as skipper. They must
hold a First Aid Certificate and a VHF SRC Radio Operator's Certificate
and should understand theory to the level of the Coastal Skipper/Yachtmaster
shorebased course. |
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Yachtmaster
Ocean Theory Course |
Course
that provides the knowledge required for those wishing to sail long distances.
It covers ocean passage making and astro navigation including the use
of a sextant. The course lasts 40 hours and when completed participants
should understand how to plan and navigate on an ocean passage. |
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Yachtmaster
Ocean Sailing Oral Examination |
Course
on passage details and sun sight information. Candidates will receive
questions on the techniques and problems of ocean passage making, including
navigation, passage planning and ocean meteorology.The exam lasts a minimum
of 1 and 1/2 hours and upon sucsessful completion they should be able
to skipper a sailing yacht on an ocean passage.
Requirements: Candidates must have successfully completed the Yachtmaster
Offshore practical exam. They should have made a 600 mile passage as either
mate or skipper and be able to take sun-run-sun sights and compass check
by azimuth. |
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no licences required |
except
for boat hiring or chartering or boat insurances. Two progressive training
programs are offered by United States' sailing schools. These programs
are also offered in some countries outside the U.S. where similar standards
have been adopted. |
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Keelboat
Sailing Certification Program |
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Basic
Keelboat Certificate |
No
experience or qualifications are necessary. To complete the course students
will be required to demonstrate that they can put a name to and describe
the workings of various parts of a boat including the hull, keel, deck
bow and stern. The components of both the running and standing rigging.
The different sails including the names of part of a sail - foot, leech,
luff, head, tack and clew. The various spars, mast and boom. They will
be familiar with sailing terminology used to describe various manoeuvres
such as gybing and coming about. Students will understand the points of
sail be it close hauled, reaching or running. They will understand the
basics of collision avoidance including rules of the road. They will demonstrate
they are familiar with regulations covering registration and identification,
proper waste disposal, who to notify in the event of an accident and what
safety equipment is requires by law to be carried on a vessel and how
it is used. They will be able to demonstrate a knowledge of buoyage Participants
will know how to anchor a boat and describe the choice of anchors and
their attributes and failings. On the practical side they must demonstrate
sail handling skills, they will display competence at the helm including
mooring, sailing both upwind and downwind together with a successful tack
and gybe. They will complete a successful man overboard recovery. They
will show they know how to tie 6 different knots and understand their
various uses. Upon completion of the course students should be able to
sail a boat of some 20 feet in length in moderate winds in familiar waters. |
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Basic
Coastal Cruising Certificate |
The
course for the certificate looks at safety on board including equipment
and procedures. An understanding of fire prevention and fighting is required.
Students will be required to demonstrate a knowledge of first aid and
the treatment of hypothermia. Basic meteorology is considered and students
must demonstrate an understanding of shipping forecasts. An understanding
of the relationship between the skipper and crew and the respective duties
of each is required. Students must be able to undertake basic chartwork
including depths; types of bottom, hazards, bouys, beacons and lights.
The practical side of this course looks at boat handling under power and
sail, man overboard recovery, the various points of sail, reefing and
heaving to, docking and mooring and some knot work. When completed the
sailor should be able to cruise safely in regional waters on a sailboat
of up to 30 feet in length, in moderate winds and sea conditions.
Required: Basic Keelboat Sailing Certificate |
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Bareboat
Chartering |
The
theory side covers the preparation of both crew and boat for a one week
cruise including the preparation of a passage plan. Meteorology is considered
including a look at fog and onshore and offshore winds. Seamanship is
looked at and students should know what action is required if the engine
fails, they should know how to anchor the boat bow or stern to. On the
practical side the student will be able to undertake daily and weekly
maintenance tasks, manoeuvre the boat under power in a restricted space,
pick up a mooring buoy, use the VHF radio. The following navigational
skills are required, plotting a course and establishing the compass heading
and calculating an estimated time of arrival. Establishing a fix using
visual bearing. Use a chart to pilot the boat into an unfamiliar harbour.
Students must obtain and interpret a shipping forecast. When completed
the individual can act as skipper of a boat up to 50 feet in length sailing
by day in coastal waters.
Requirements: Participants are expected to hold the Basic Coastal Cruising
Certificate. |
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Coastal
Navigation |
a
theory only course for which no prior experience or knowledge is needed.
Students will be required to demonstrate knowledge of various State and
Federal regulations pertaining to sailing. They must understand how the
use navigational instruments including both steering and hand bearing
compasses, binoculars, depth sounder, log, parallel rule and dividers.
Participants must display an understanding of tide tables and their use
when dealing with secondary ports. They should be able to convert bearings
and compass courses between, compass, magnetic and true, plot a dead reckoning
position, understand the effect of current and leeway when estimating
a position and plot a position by two or more bearings, a running fix
and a bearing and distance. Finally they will need to demonstrate a knowledge
of buoyage and lights. |
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Cruising
Catamaran |
deals
exclusively with multihull sailing and concentrates on the differences
a sailor finds as opposed to monohull sailing. On the theory side students
must be able to identify and name the various parts of a multihull that
are not found on a monohull including the different wing decks, hulls,
cross arms, three point rig, bridle line, safety nets, seagull and dolphin
strikers. They will be aware of the advantages and disadvantages of multihulls
including, performance, comfort safety and the danger of capsize. On the
practical side the sailor will demonstrate: how to cast of and leave the
quay with at least two different wind directions relative to the bow and
then return and berth alongside, pick up a mooring buoy, manoeuvre in
a restricted space, reverse, recover a man overboard, the different points
of sail, tacking and gybing, sail a compass course within 10 degrees.
They will anchor in the following ways, two anchors of the bow or stern,
bow anchor and bridle, single bow with a stern line to the shore and bow
to fixed mooring. Upon completion the person can skipper a multihull sailboat
of up to 50 foot in length by day in coastal waters.
Requirements: Participants should have completed the Bareboat Chartering
stage. |
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Advanced
Coastal Cruising |
Students
will be required to demonstrate a comprehensive knowledge of the theory
of sailing, an understanding of meteorology including the various cloud
formations and the weather that can be expected with each. They will understand
the needs of heavy weather sailing, the necessary sail changes and the
use of the correct safety equipment and procedures. They will be able
to describe: how set a second anchor to reduce swinging, how to recover
a fouled anchor, how to use a trip line and an anchor buoy and when and
how to set an anchor watch. They will describe how to tow or be towed.
They will have a knowledge of distress signals. Students will correctly
describe the actions required in the following emergency situations: a
dismasting, running aground on a lee shore and engine failure. Students
will be able to carry out maintenance and repairs on the engine. On the
water students must: sail on all points of the wind and tack and gybe
in a wind of at least 15 knots, sail a compass course to within 10 degrees,
carry out a man overboard recovery in darkness. They will demonstrate
their ability to set, sail with including a gybe, douse and pack a spinnaker.
And finally they will stand a navigation watch of 20 miles both at day
and night. When completed a person can skipper a sailing vessel of up
to 50 feet in length both during day and night in coastal waters regardless
of weather and sea conditions.
Requirements: Participants should have completed both the Bareboat Chartering
and Coastal Navigation stages. |
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Celestial
Navigation |
The
course is theory based and requires no experience or prior qualifications.
The student must be able to demonstrate the Celestial Navigation required
to navigate a sailboat on an offshore passage. The successful student
will have demonstrated their ability to: Convert longitude into time and
standard time and zone time to GMT. They will be able to calculate: the
zone time given longitude, the chronometer error given a previous error
and the daily rate, the time of meridian passage of the sun and calculate
the boat's latitude from the observed meridian altitude of the sun, the
times of sunrise, sunset and twilight, plot celestial lines of position
on a Mercator projection or on a universal plotting sheet and the true
bearing of a low altitude celestial body in order to determine the error
and deviation of the compass. The student will be able to apply the corrections
for index error, dip of the horizon, and total correction to convert sextant
altitudes of the sun, stars, planets, and moon to true altitudes, determine
the latitude at twilight by means of the Pole Star and the approximate
azimuths and altitudes of the navigational stars and planets at twilight.
In addition they will be capable of solving the navigational triangle
using a navigation table and advance the LOP obtained from a sun sight
to another LOP obtained from the sun at a later time and find the boat's
position using a running fix (sun-run-sun). |
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Offshore
Passage Making |
The
student will plan a passage across either the Pacific or North Atlantic
using Great Circle Plotting Charts and Climatic Charts. They must show
an understanding of the essential factors to be considered when selecting
a vessel for an offshore ocean passage of at least 1000 miles including
hull construction and shape, keel, rig, and rudder type, fuel and water
capacity. They must provide a list of tools and spares required for such
a voyage. They must victual the boat for four people on passage for seven
days. They must list the items to be carried in the first aid kit and
describe basic treatments for injuries and illnesses that may occur together
with identifying a source of mare advanced medical information while on
passage. They will prepare a watch keeping system and define the duties
of crew members both on and off watch. They will design a maintenance
plan to cover: Bilges, electronic equipment, fuel system, hatches, galley
equipment, rigging, safety equipment sea cocks, steering and the water
system. They will describe the procedures to be undertaken in the following
emergency situations: abandon ship, dismasting, fire onboard, lightning
strike, man overboard. A comprehensive knowledge of the International
Regulation for Preventing Collision at Sea must be demonstrated. When
the course is completed is the sailor cans skipper a sailing vessel on
offshore passages in any weather.
Requirements: Entrants should be certified to the Advanced Coastal Cruising
level and should have completed the Celestial Navigation course |
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Small
Boat Sailing Program |
certified
training courses to handle small boats in two stages |
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Basic
Small Boat Sailing Standard |
requires
no previous experience or qualifications. It is the first course in the
Small Boat Sailing Program. Students must demonstrate a theoretical knowledge
of the names and functions of various parts of a boat together with common
sailing terms, the sail and its ancillary components, the International
Rules for Collision Prevention both at sea and on inland waters and hey
should demonstrate a basic knowledge of safety procedures. On the practical
side they must show they can tread water for 5 minutes and swim 100 metres,
rig, launch and retrieve the boat, set and trim the sails, sail both upwind
and downwind, tack and gybe, correctly apply the rules of the road, recover
a man overboard, recover from a capsize, accept and pass a towline, tie
four specified Knots within a given time. Upon completion he or she will
be able to sail a centerboard or multihull sailboat in light to moderate
winds and sea conditions in familiar waters. |
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Trailerable
Multihull Standard |
On
the theory side students must be able to identify and name the various
parts of a multihull that are not found on a monohull including the different
wing decks, hulls, cross arms, three point rig, bridle line, safety nets,
seagull and dolphin strikers. They will be aware of the advantages and
disadvantages of multihulls including, performance, comfort safety and
the danger of capsize. On the practical side the sailor will demonstrate:
how to cast of and leave the quay with at least two different wind directions
relative to the bow and then return and berth alongside, pick up a mooring
buoy, manoeuvre in a restricted space, reverse, recover a man overboard,
the different points of sail, tacking and gybing, sail a compass course
within 10 degrees. They will anchor in the following ways, bow anchor
and bridle and single bow with a stern line to the shore. When completed
sailors are able to cruise safely in local and regional waters as both
skipper and crew on an auxiliary multihull sailboat of up to 30 feet in
length, in moderate wind and sea conditions.
Requirements: Completion of the Basic Keelboat. The course may be taught
as part of or following the Basic Coastal Cruising course. |
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