Boat MasterCourse

Master the skills to navigate coastal waters with confidence

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Boat Master

OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION

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Internationally Recognized

ISSA certified and accepted worldwide

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Professional Certification

Official documentation for coastal navigation

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Lifetime Achievement

Your gateway to maritime adventures

International Sailing Schools Association

Course Requirements

Experience Required

1000 nautical miles

Including at least 400 miles on yachts over 25 feet

Prior Certification

ISSA Coastal Skipper

At least 10 days living on board in any capacity

Minimum Age

18 years old

Must be met at time of certification

Training Hours

80 hours suggested

Comprehensive advanced course

Examination

Theory + Practical

Complete assessment required

Application

Via ISSA School

Submit to authorized school only

Skills and Knowledge Required for a Boat Master

Boat's Construction

Knows function and working of a power-boat
Open up, dips
Can set up the engine and fuel tanks
Loading and balancing
Trim tabs
Spare's box
Charge procedures of cooling system
Charge procedures of fuel lines
Change procedures for batteries
Use air cooling fan/blower
Check essential elements for working inboard and outboard engines and avoiding damage in emergency situations when engine is working
Knows stopping mechanisms of yacht's
Stop's engine
Stopping propeller

Line and Spring Handling

Can combine the lines of the power boat deferment elements
Can cabel
Thimbles
Shackles in knots
Clean and store fines
Keep rope's lines
Process steering lines
Maintain different-sizes of fretting mooring

Handling Fenders

Calls
Choose and position fore and fenders
Handling docking using spring mooring lines
Prepare fenders and other mooring equipment

Operating the Anchor

Calls
Choose and anchor for mooring
Prepare for anchors for dropping
Check bottom on chart and depth if ok to let out for proper Anchorage (Minimum 3 times water-depth of chain let out)
Let it windlass method and other Characteristics

Safety

Can perform the safety briefing
Cares for crews on-deck
Recognizes own limitations and danger situations: fog, bad weather and night navigation and stay's respectfully
Performs man-overboard (MOB) procedure in motions
Different methods to pick-up different object
Speaks to rescue and pick-up-out-in-water rescued crew
Knows how to use rescuing and Life rafts of life
Aware of effect of hypothermia
Has a knowledge about fire-fighting on board (for use-roof)

Handling Boat under Power

Knows the effect of wind and tidal stream on Powerboats
Enters and leaves mooring such as: Wharves, piles, Anchorage, bay, 1 Propeller, 2 Propeller
A familiar with navigating in Rivers, locks and shallow water and understand operations of power under power at speed
Speed-effects
Running at high and wave speeds; including trim power planning for trim off the bow
Handling in close quarters in harbours, Marinas locks and narrow channels
Recognises suitable areas for re-anchoring and other characteristics

International Rules for Preventing Collisions at Sea

Knows and recognizes navigation lights and shapes
Determines the direction and speed of another Craft by using a hand-bearing Compass
Knows movement signals in Confides
Knows special sighting
Give away boat
Knows light
Light signals at dusk
Understands sound signals of power and sailing boats
Has a knowledge about right of passage and overtaking
A familiar with principles and rules with respect to the use of power driven, especially concerning to restricted visibility, narrow channels, TSS, inshore traffic and buoyage systems
A familiar with navigating and sound signals at different weather and situations

Navigational Skills

Follows the navigational terms used in modern map and chart solutions including buoys, rocks and sea-bed
Understands tidal streams and currents
Checks and uses the Buoyage charts, navigational lights
Understands basic chart points
Understands chart datums and tidal adjustments
Understands contours and Chart soundings lines/Navigational dangers
Use instruments
Understands compass variation
Knows charts notational abbreviations of buoyage systems
Fix/Plot estimated track and Ground track for new plot
Fix using electronic navigation log or GPS points and plotted from charts
Understands and uses relative time and estimated time of arrival
Can use instruments; Log and other plottation devices and checking progress

Terrestrial Navigation

Knows and demonstrates the basic/terms from geography
Degrees F
Decimal minutes of arcs
Understand metric rules
Understands chart's book and plots: Pilot books, nautical charts and regattas
Converts and uses nautical miles, kilometres and miles using conversion links
Translates and calculates speed; nautical charts, logs and transverse nautical charts
Fix using determine charts & plottation tools or the chart map (ie by chart mapping)
Plot chart information via GPS
Navigational information
Navigational dangers
Depth contours and distance
Re-calculate and re-plot course for re-planned legs/charted navigation
Checks instruments
Can use a compass
Use wind-shift or shifting bearing tables
Has sound electronic and plotting bearing when making passage planning

Electronic-Based Navigation

Knows the use of the Global system
Use real data
Can use main charts electronic console on-GPS
Can enter charter point by/using charts or GPS tables (Grid)
Integrates between navigation plottation and electronic digital systems

Meteorology

Knows the world around seas and including the navigating set's wind (local)
Understands by Beaufort wind scale and forecasting sea condition and weather
Has the basic knowledge about high, low and ocean/side-fronts
Can navigate in accordance by nautical
Has the basic knowledge about local/home harbour warnings (position speed maritime Barometric)

Other

Using a personal floating apparatus and buoyance for water communication and operation
Knows and shows basic yacht line etiquette and safety around or-local boat harbour navigation
Knows different elements of IRPCS and Flags/sound sound, Outdoors-danger signal of help
Show's respect for dangerous sea tems rules on their Navigational/home or/port region around

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