Find Your Yacht

Right after getting to know basic techniques of sailing and navigation, the program of this course will provide ground knowledge and techniques to achieve better competency to safely navigate your boat. This course pays specific attention to navigation and ground knowledge of all navigational aids used to safely navigate the boat in unfamiliar waters. This 6 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. Course program is not fixed and will be adapted according to the weather forecast. Every day we will sail around 30 Nautical Miles. Individual briefings will be every day after the program to discuss every situation in further detail.

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PRICE INCLUDES:

25% VAT, tourist tax, accommodation (sleeping on boat), instructor, waterproof suits rental, sailing school workbook, fuel, bedlinen, small towels, mooring or buoys.

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

NOTE:

• The sailing course is held on the sailing boat Beneteau First 36
• possible changes due to weather conditions
• Pre-course experience: ISPA Day Skipper Practical, Ultra Navigation Course Practical
• Assumed knowledge: ISPA Day Skipper Shorebased Component(workbook),  Ultra Navigation Course Theory
• Clothing: we recommend to use sunscreen during summer, hat, non-marking shoes/sneakers, warm sport clothes for winter

Day 1 - Sunday

• 10:00 meeting in ACI MARINA SPLIT, buying groceries for 6 days on the water
• 11:00 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, tieding 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, tieding up the boat
• 18:00 individual briefing
• 19:00 dinner

Day 3 - Tuesday

• 09:00 breakfast
• 10:00 ploting a fix using 2 or 3 lines of position
• 11:00 ploting 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 eletronic fix using GPS latitude and longitude
  checking the GPS position
• 17:00 berthing, tieding up the boat
• 18:00 individual briefing
• 19:00 dinner

Day 4 - Wednesday

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

Day 5 - Thursday

• 09:00 breakfast
• 10:00 setting sails
• 10:30 ground knowledge of lateral and cardinal marks
• 11:00 grond knowledge of cautionary buoys and special purpose buoys
• 12:00 in depth knowledge of collision situations
• 13:00 (lunch on the water)
• 17:00 berthing tieding up the boat
• 18:00 individual briefing
• 19:00 dinner

Day 6 - Friday

• 09:00 breakfast
• 10:00 setting sails
• 11:00 sailing examination
• 13:00 navigation examination
• 15:00 berthing and unberthing examination
• 17:00 berthing, tieding up the boat
• 18:00 individual briefing, certificates and diplomas