IYT Sailing Practice
The IYT Bareboat Captain Skipper International Certificate is one of the most common and recognized in the world. It confirms that its owner has sufficient knowledge and skills to safely manage a sailing yacht up to 24 meters long during day and night crossings in areas not exceeding 60 miles from the coast.
Within the framework of the course, you will gain practical skills in managing a sailing yacht, as well as theoretical knowledge necessary for safe navigation in the open sea.
The course includes practical skills in managing a sailing yacht up to 24 meters long during day and night crossings in areas not exceeding 60 miles from the coast
Practical classes at the IYT Bareboat Skipper course last for seven days. During the practice, students work out and consolidate the theoretical knowledge gained previously.
The main emphasis is on mooring, departure and approach to the berth, yacht management under engine and sails, proper rigging of sails, their adjustment. To solve navigation problems, cadets use the rules of classical navigation, without the use of electronics. Due attention is paid to the device of the yacht, interaction with the charter company when receiving and handing over the yacht.
Upon successful completion of the practice, when the management skills satisfy the instructor, Bareboat Captain Skipper IYT rights and VHF radio operator license are issued.
What to expect on the course
- Yacht Setup. Electrical, Water Supply. Rigging. Ropes and Sails
This covers the general setup and equipment of the yacht, including electrical systems, water supply systems, rigging (including masts, standing and running rigging), and all components related to sailing gear.
- Safety on board the yacht
This involves discussing safety procedures, equipment, and measures to ensure the safety of crew and passengers while onboard.
- Acceptance of the yacht. What to pay attention to
This concerns the process of inspecting a yacht before use, highlighting key areas to inspect for safety, functionality, and overall condition.
- Instruments on the yacht
This includes discussing various instruments and navigational aids found on a yacht, such as compasses, GPS systems, depth sounders, and wind gauges.
- Marine knots
This involves learning and practicing various knots used in boating for securing lines, tying off sails, and other purposes.
- Mooring. Setting mooring lines. Mooring lines
This covers techniques for safely securing a yacht to a dock or mooring buoy, including the proper use of mooring lines and fenders.
- Motor yacht control ahead and astern. Stern thruster deployment
This includes techniques for controlling a yacht's movement under power, both forward and reverse, and deploying the stern thruster for maneuvering.
- Setting and stowing sails
This covers the process of raising and lowering sails safely and efficiently.
- Yacht control under sail. Upwind and downwind courses
This involves techniques for steering and controlling a yacht while under sail, including sailing upwind (beating) and downwind (running).
- Tacking and jibing. Reefing sails
This covers maneuvers for changing direction while sailing, including tacking (turning into the wind) and jibing (turning away from the wind), as well as reefing sails to reduce sail area in strong winds.
- Setting to drift
This involves intentionally setting a yacht adrift without sails or engine power, typically for fishing or relaxation purposes.
- Rescue of drowning individuals
This covers techniques and procedures for rescuing individuals who have fallen overboard or are otherwise in distress in the water.
- Anchoring
This includes procedures for safely anchoring a yacht in various conditions and types of seabeds.
- Charts and sailing directions. Route calculation
This involves using nautical charts and sailing directions to plan and navigate a course, including calculating courses, bearings, and distances.
- Classic navigation by charts. Bearings. Course plotting when tacking
This covers traditional methods of navigation using charts, including taking bearings of landmarks and plotting courses while sailing upwind (beating).
- Movement towards a designated point
This involves navigating a yacht to a specific destination using various navigational techniques.
- Night navigation. Buoys, marks, fairways
This covers navigating a yacht safely at night using lights, buoys, beacons, and other aids to navigation.
- Tides and currents
This includes understanding the effects of tides and currents on yacht navigation and planning passages accordingly.
- Electronic navigation. Chart Plotter
This involves using electronic navigation systems, such as GPS and chart plotters, for route planning and navigation.
- VHF radio communication
This covers the use of VHF radios for communication between vessels and with shore-based stations.
- Wind. Wind peculiarities. Influence of straits, islands. Wind pattern analysis
This involves understanding wind patterns, including local variations caused by geography, and analyzing weather conditions for sailing.
- Meteorology. Weather forecasts. Forecast models
This covers understanding weather forecasts and models to plan safe and comfortable passages.
- Legal aspects of yachting. Flags. Crossing borders
This involves understanding international maritime law, including flag states, vessel registration, and procedures for crossing international borders.
- Polar speed diagram
This includes understanding polar diagrams to optimize yacht performance under sail.
- Bernoulli's law. Froude number. Forces acting on the yacht
This covers the physics of sailing, including Bernoulli's principle, the Froude number, and the various forces acting on a yacht under sail.
- Sails for downwind courses. Spinnaker
This involves using specialized sails, such as spinnakers, for sailing downwind courses.
- Complex mooring cases
This covers advanced techniques for mooring a yacht in challenging conditions or tight spaces.
- Features of navigation areas
This involves understanding the unique features and challenges of different sailing areas, such as coastal waters, open ocean passages, and inland waterways.
How the training works
During two weeks, you will study theory at the table and practice at sea. As part of the crew of the same students, you will solve navigation tasks, read weather forecasts, study knots, the device of the yacht and the management of sails. Every day on the boat will be a new captain from among the students, and in this mode, two weeks will pass. During this time, we will cover a couple of hundred miles at sea, make a large number of moorings and anchorings. We will live on the yacht all the time, and you will understand how the yacht life is arranged and the sea sunsets. I hope they inspire you. And as a result, you are very likely to get an international yacht captain's license, which will allow you to rent yachts in many countries of the world. And this is very cool.
Mikhail Saveliev
What is IYT?
IYT Worldwide is a recognized standard of quality for yachting training, marine certification and safety around the world. IYT certificates are recognized in more than 24 jurisdictions around the world and a growing number of marine associations. More than 250 schools in 56 countries have adopted the IYT training program.
IYT courses are offered worldwide through a network of partner schools. In these schools, the company offers a full range of recreational courses, from basic sailing and motorboat courses to Yachtmaster Ocean.
Our Center was created in 2007 by Alexey Kulchinsky and then licensed by IYT for training with the issuance of international rights.
Our license allows us to conduct training in the following programs:
- Introduction to Yachting. Learn to Sail
- International Crew Sail/Power
- International Bareboat Skipper Sail/Power
- VHF Marine Communication Master SRC
- Yachtmaster Coastal Sail/Power
- Yachtmaster Offshore Sail/Power
- Navigation Master