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International Bareboat Skipper

The International Bareboat Skipper course is a five day course if you already have IYT Courses before. Otherwise it is 2 weeks course for beginners. This is a certificate of competency for those candidates who wish to train to command a vessel up to 24 metres in length, in fair weather and in sight of land.


The International Bareboat Skipper Course consists of Modules 13 – 25 in the IYT International Boating & Sailing Passport (Passport).

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.

The IYT International Bareboat Skipper Sail Certificate covers command of a sailing vessel with a sail area of greater than 80 square metres/861 square feet. Please see the official statement here.

Those who have obtained the International Bareboat Skipper qualification, can automatically obtain the “International Certificate of Competency” (ICC), provided the student meets the requirements as laid down by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (Resolution 40).  Please click this link for more information. 

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Candidates must either hold a recognised VHF Radio Operators Certificate or must take the full IYT VHF-SRC Marine Communications course and school must place order for this certificate while placing order for the Flotilla Skipper Certificate of Competency. If ordering VHF at the same time as Flotilla Skipper please upload a note to this effect. We have provided a sample note to upload when placing order.

Requirements

Needed For Course Apply

  • Candidates should be 16 years of age or over.
  • No prerequisite sea time required for this certificate.
  • Must have taken IYT’s International Crew physical course with an IYT Partner School (candidates must either hold an IYT International Crew Certificate proving they have taken and passed the course, OR, a gold seal affixed to the IYT Boating & Sailing Passport signed by the school’s principal). Or they must hold an equivalent qualification from another training organisation.
  • Hold an IYT VHF Radio Operators Certificate or equivalent from another training organisation. * Please note that we do not accept ISSA VHF qualifications. (If you are unsure if your radio license will be accepted, please send a scanned copy of the front and back of your license to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. We will verify that your license is sufficient to receive the IYT International Flotilla Skipper license).

Certificate Limitations

For This Course

  • Command of a sailing vessel up to a maximum length of 78 ft /24 metres as part of a flotilla
  • In coastal waters up to 20 miles offshore
  • In fair conditions with moderate wind and sea conditions
  • Most charter agencies will insist on daylight hours as a condition to charter
  • It is the level of competence required when chartering a boat in the Mediterranean or West Indies where there are restrictions in terms of cruising area and distance from the base

Course Outline


  • Responsibilities of a bareboat 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

NOTE ABOUT POWER OR SAIL ENDORSEMENTS:
  • If you undertake this course on a sailboat and later wish to obtain the International Bareboat Skipper Power you may do so by attending any IYT Partner school approved to offer the International Bareboat Skipper Power course and do the power training (Module 14 in the Passport Training Programme). 
    • This can usually be accomplished in 2 to 4 days depending upon the candidate’s experience as skipper of a sailing vessel.  This will be left to the discretion of each school based on the cv and sea time of the candidate.  
  • If you undertake this course on a power vessel and later wish to obtain the International Bareboat Skipper Sail you may do so by attending any IYT Partner school approved to offer the International Bareboat Skipper Sail course and do the sail training (Module 15 in the Passport Training Programme). 
    • This can usually be accomplished in 2 to 4 days depending upon the candidate’s experience as skipper of a power vessel.  This will be left to the discretion of each school based on the cv and sea time of the candidate.  

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