ISSA · Recreational
Keelboat Levels 1, 2, 3
Master the skills to navigate coastal waters with confidence. Progressive keelboat sailing certification from beginner to advanced racing and passage planning.
Courses
Recreational
Duration
Variable (3 levels)
Level
Beginner to Advanced
Certification
ISSA licence
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Preview both sides of your official certification
- 01Internationally RecognizedISSA certified and accepted worldwide
- 02Professional CertificationOfficial documentation for sailing
- 03Lifetime AchievementYour gateway to maritime adventures
International Sailing Schools Association
Course Requirements
01
Experience Required
None
No prior experience needed for Level 1
02
Prior Certification
None
No previous certification required
03
Training Provider
ISSA Instructor
Or minimum Offshore Skipper qualified
04
Examination Provider
ISSA Instructor
Or minimum Offshore Skipper qualified
05
Application Process
Via ISSA School
Only through authorised ISSA school
ExperiencesNo prior experience required for Level 1Keelboat sailingProgressive certification
ISSA
Scope of Required Knowledge and Skills
01
Keelboat Level 1 - Beginner Skills
- Can sail a keelboat under instruction in light winds, respecting collision regulations
- Wears appropriate clothing and buoyancy
- Can rig and reef a keelboat
- Can identify reaching, run turn and return back to departure point
- Can use a winch and trim sails on all points of sailing
- Can set clear headed and tack
- Can run and gybe
- Can stop the boat on a reach, close-hauled, and from a run
- Can pick up a mooring
- Can sail alongside a jetty
- Can anchor
- Can prepare for towing
- Can tie a figure of eight knot and a bowline
- Knows sources of weather forecasts and sail aerodynamics
- Understands the importance of the crew working as a team
- Knows the procedure for man overboard
02
Keelboat Level 2 - Intermediate Skills
- Can sail a keelboat in moderate winds
- Knows about keelboat rigs and equipment
- Can sail a compass course
- Knows the Collision Regulations
- Knows about sources of pilotage information and how to use them
- Can gybe reach to reach with spinnaker (optional)
- Can beat within a corridor
- Can tie a bowline and heat seal rope ends
- Can anchor
- Can interpret weather forecasts
- Knows about points of sailing, buoyage, lee shores, overhead power lines, anchors, boat maintenance
- Knows about tides, sources of information and how to calculate local tides
- Is aware of emergency procedures and First Aid afloat
- Plus level 1 criteria
03
Keelboat Level 3 - Advanced Skills
- Can sail a keelboat in strong winds
- Completed all man overboard procedures
- Can interpret passage information to perfect manoeuvres
- Can detect wind shifts
- Can equip and maintain a keelboat
- Knows what to do in the event of a dismasting
- Can plan a passage
- Can demonstrate an alternative means of propulsion
- Can moor more accurately
- Knows about weather forecasting and the tide
- Can cover and lee bow another keelboat
- Can determine local weather patterns and wind strategy
- Knows Sailing Instructions and the Racing Rules of Sailing
- Plus levels 1 & 2 criteria
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- Duration
- Variable (3 levels)
- Level
- Beginner to Advanced
- Base
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