RECREATIONAL SAILING

Holders of this certificate are qualified to skipper a sailboat at sea from sunrise to sunset. Local waters are defined as 15 nautical miles from the skippers’ home port, or 25 nautical miles from their home port provided they are no more than 15 nautical miles from an approved safe haven.

The Day Skipper course covers the following topics & runs for a period of 5 days.

• Nautical Terms
• Knots & Ropework
• Charts& Navigational Publications
• Navigation
• GPS
• Pilotage
• Other Navigational Instruments
• Tides
• VHF Radio
• Colregs
• IALA Buoyage
• Handling a Boat Under Power
• Handling a Boat Under Sail
• Man Overboard
• Weather Forecasting
• Anchoring
• Safety & Emergencies at Sea
• Vessel Seaworthiness
• Diesel
• Local Knowledge
• First Aid and Legal.