PRO SEA SCHOOL

Need a boat licence?

White Coast Charters proudly works with ProSeaSchool if one wishes to do sail or power vessel training courses. From a basic IYT (International Yacht Training) boating qualification to the IYT Yachtmaster Ocean.

COURSES

Our most popular course is the 2-3 day Small Powerboat & Ribmaster
We have a dedicated classroom and training boats
Cost is €600 per student fully inclusive:

SMALL POWERBOAT AND RIB MASTER (MCA APPROVED) +ICC 10m

COURSE LIMITATIONS
- Covers vessels up to 10m
- Operation in coastal regions
- Driven by outboard or inboard motors
- In fair weather
- No horsepower limitations

COURSE OUTLINE
This three day course covers two days of theory and one day of practical boat handling including:
- Safety at sea
- VHF Radio operations
- Small powerboats and rigid inflatable boats
- Launching and recovery
- Anchors and anchoring
- Nautical terminology
- Boat handling under power
- Man overboard procedures
- Ropes and rope-work
- Basic rules of the road (collision regulations)
- Glossary of terms

POWERBOAT SKIPPER TRAINING

Designed for those to wish to operate a power pleasure boat with accommodation up to 24 m, (80') in sight of land in fair weather. Tailored for those who are considering chartering a powerboat or for those who are purchasing a vessel. Five-day course, which includes both theory and practical components.

This is not a beginner’s course. The recommended entry level requirements are a VHF maritime radio operators’ certificate, and to have logged over 200 nautical miles and 10 days at sea before being certified to this level.

CERTIFICATE LIMITATIONS
- Command of a vessel up to a maximum length of 78ft / 24 metres
-In coastal waters up to 20 miles offshore
- 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.

COURSE OUTLINE
- Responsibilities of a skipper
- Crew safety checks
- Hull and rig checks
- Machinery and systems checks
- Fuel and water capacity and range
- Menus and quantities
- Float plan
- Sources of meteorological information
- Weather patterns
- Sea and land breezes
- Cloud types and formations
- Pilotage and passage planning
- Considerations when planning a passage
- Routine for navigating a coastal passage
- Passage strategy
- Port regulations, customs, immigration
- Pilotage plans
- Vessel handling in confined quarters
- Mooring, anchoring, coming alongside
- Ropes, knots, care and use of lines
- General deck work
- Tides and currents theory
- Tidal heights, springs and neaps
- Rule of "twelfths"
- Position fixing, running fixes
- Plotting the effect of tides and currents
- Collision regulations
- Lights, shapes and sounds
- Application of the regulations
- Advanced dingy handling

Talk to our team today to discuss sea school courses
+34 684327523

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