OffShore SkipperCourse

Master the skills to navigate coastal waters with confidence

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OffShore Skipper

OFFICIAL CERTIFICATION

Your Skipper License

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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

20 days at sea

As skipper or watch leader in at least 3 voyages, at least in 2 sea areas

Prior Certification

ISSA Inshore Skipper

SRC, First Aid Certificate

Minimum Age

16 years old

Must be met at time of certification

Training Hours

40 hours

Comprehensive course duration

Who Can Run

ISSA Instructor

Who holds at least MoY certificate

Examination

ISSA Examiner

8 hours including 2 at darkness. 3 candidates at a time

Application

Via ISSA School

To authorized ISSA school only

Scope of Required Knowledge and Skills

Yacht Handling under Power

Controlling handling and position in wind and current
Vessel propeller effects
Boarding a MOB (Man Over Board)
Running in large waves
Man overboard, use of Dan Buoy

Yacht Handling under Sails

Tacking
Jibing
Running in large/short Wave Board
Provisual skills

Dead Reckoning Navigation

Correction of the compass
Keeping track or course, speed and direction
Practical skills

Fixing Lines

Sources of fixing (two, Sextating lights, bearings, depth contours)
Keep navigable Electronic positionment
Practical skills

Magnetic Compass

Computation of magnetic deviation through a timmy and azimuth
Effect of compass iron inaccs (ec deviation, factors etc devices)
Compensation of deviation
Practical skills

Tides

Predictions of height of tide and Depths
Tidal tables
Tidal constants and Time tables
Sets and effect of tidal stream (terts)
Seasonal tides
Practical skills

Tidal Currents

Tidal current atlases
Tidal current diamonds
Understanding and using tidal Navigation publications
Compensation of tidal currents when calculating courses and passage planning
Currents with no tides

Buoys and Beacons

Recognition IALA A and B system
Chart use lateral and cardinal and isolated, safe

Lights

Shore beacons
Range – sector and isolated
List of lights

Pilotage

Familiarize regulations and signaling systems
Planning and strategy to unknown harbours
Practical skills

Echo Sounders

Explanation of use echo sounders
Types of echo sounders
Calibration of echo sounders
Practical skills

Satellite Systems

Explanation of satellite systems, accuracy, main problems and limitations

Logs (measurement of speed and distance)

Different types and application

Logbook

Logbook as an official document
Knowing of a logbook

Meteorology

Iso bars, (wind), Barometric trends
Highs and Lows
Fronts and characteristics
Interpretation of weather in specific programs and front, dynamics
Sources of weather forecasts
Effect of Geography on local Winds, calculations
Sea and land breezes
Fog
Use of Barometer

Anchoring

Types of anchors and selection
Holding Grounds/sea bed
Techniques of anchoring

Collision Regulations

Understanding and applying Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea

Safety at Sea

Personal safety, use of lifejackets, harnesses (Clipping)
Fire prevention and fighting
Leaks and flooding
Rigging failures
Preparation to heavy weather
Pyrotechnics and rescue signals
Search and rescue procedures

International Signaling Code

Types of suspicions

Navigating in Restricted Visibility

Restricted COLREG provisions
Precautions and procedures
Practical skills

Passage Planning

Planning a passage
Estimation a route when navigating in shallow waters
Strategy to tidal passages
Emergency alternative routes of unintentional planning
Practical skills

Environment Protection

Responsible for the environment MARPOL sets the environment navigation

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