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When students master the basic techniques of sailing and navigation and get their first experiences of independent sailing with their Day skipper certificate, they are ready for the next steps.

The Coastal levels will provide key knowledge and techniques to achieve better competency to safely navigate your boat on long coastal passages, including night navigation.

These courses pay specific attention to passage planning, navigation and advanced knowledge of all navigational aids used to safely navigate the boat in unfamiliar waters.

• Participants entering with Day skipper level will participate as crew and will validate the Coastal Navigator level after the course.
• Participants entering with coastal navigator level will be able to train for Coastal skipper and simulate taking the responsibility of the crew and boat. If they successfully fulfill all requirements, they will get the Non-tidal Coastal skipper certificate. If the instructor evaluates that the level is not successfully completed yet, students will be oriented towards targeted further learning.

This 5,5 day course is designed for 4 or max. 5 attendants which will sleep on the boat every night on a different spot on the Dalmatian islands. The program is not rigid as it will be adapted according to the weather forecast, learning requirements and destinations. Every day the route will be planned for 30 to 50 Nautical Miles, when winds allow, making it also a great Mile building opportunity.

Individual briefings take place every day after the program to discuss every situation in further detail so that students understand in depth the decision-making processes at stake.

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PRICE INCLUDES:

25% VAT, tourist tax, accommodation (shared cabin), instructor, waterproof suits rental, ISPA workbook, fuel, bedlinen, small towels.

NOT INCLUDED:
moorings/berths in Marinas, food and beverage

NOTE:

• The sailing course is usually held on the sailing boat Beneteau First 36
• possible changes due to weather conditions
• Pre-course experience for Coastal Navigator: certificate, Ultra Navigation Course
• Pre-course experience for Coastal Skipper: ISPA Coastal Navigator certificate
• Clothing: we recommend to use sunscreen and white tee-shirt during summer, hat, non-marking shoes/sneakers, warm sport clothes for winter, sailing gloves
• Licence and Ability after the course ISPA Coastal skipper certificate (This licence is approved by the Ministry of the Sea in Croatia-MMPI) at the same level as the Day Skipper certificate. Internationally, it enables holders to rent bareboat for weeklong trips with charter companies that would limit Day skipper certificate holders to 1-day rentals.

Coastal Navigator and Coastal Skipper Sail program

Day 0 - Saturday

• 16:00-18:00 Meeting in ACI Marina Split. Check-in, general info about the course, provisioning (buying all the groceries needed for your 5-day course)

Day 1 - Sunday

• 10:00 meeting with instructor and crew, navigation planning
• vessel equipment
• 12:00 setting sails (lunch on the water)
• 12:30 identifying 20 different chart symbols
• 13:00 list of Light, Buoys and Fog signals
• 16:00 nautical publications
• 17:00 berthing, tiding up the boat
• 18:00 individual briefing
• 19:00 dinner

Day 2 - Monday

• 09:00 breakfast
• 10:00 sailing directions
• 11:00 douglas type proctractor
• 12:00 setting sails (lunch on the water)
• 13:00 deviation
• 14:00 variation
• 17:00 berthing, tiding up the boat
• 18:00 individual briefing
• 19:00 dinner

Day 3 - Tuesday

• 09:00 breakfast
• 10:00 plotting a fix using 2 or 3 lines of position
• 11:00 plotting a fix using transit and bearing
• 12:00 setting sails (lunch on the water)
• 13:00 accurate dead reckoning
• 14:00 speed and distance formulae, ETA
• 15:00 accurate plotting of an electronic fix using GPS latitude and longitude
  checking the GPS position
• 17:00 berthing, tiding up the boat
• 18:00 individual briefing
• 19:00 dinner

Day 4 - Wednesday

• 09:00 breakfast
• 10:00 large to small scale chart changes, knowledge of lateral and cardinal marks and buoys
• 10:30 passage plan
• 12:00 setting sails (lunch on the water)
• 13:00 running fix
• 17:00 berthing, tiding up the boat
• 18:00 individual briefing
• 19:00 dinner

Day 5 - Thursday

• 10:00 sailing examination
• 11:00 navigation examination
• 14:00 berthing and unberthing examination
• 15:00 berthing tiding up the boat
• 16:00 individual
• feedback certificates and diplomas