ISSA KEEL BOAT Course
This 4-day course prepares sailors who can confidently sail
up to 10m in daytime conditions in coastal waters up to 5 miles offshore.

At the end of the course, you will receive an ISSA KEEL BOAT license and Log Book with miles completed on the course and a school mark of passing standards. Possibility to independently operate a yacht up to 10 m during the day

Yacht: FAREAST 28R
Theory: 20 hours
Practice: 16-20 hours
Course outline
  • Basic sails and sailing
  • Collision Regulations
  • Responsibilities of the Skipper/Captain
  • Personal Safety Equipment
  • Boat Safety Equipment
  • Vessel Checkout – Documentation, Charts, Nautical Publications and Flags
  • Equipment & General Checks
  • Basic Ropework
  • Capsizing, Swamping and Sinking
  • Responsibilities of the Crew, Care of the Environment, Provisioning & Housekeeping
  • Outboard Motors
  • Boat Handling Under Power
  • Basic Meteorology
  • Charts
  • Tides & Currents
  • Buoyage
  • Man-Overboard Procedures
  • Anchors, Anchoring and Running Aground
  • Basic First Aid

Certificate limitations:
  • Command a vessel up to a maximum length of 10 meters (32.8 feet)
  • Сoastal waters up to 5 miles offshore, inland waters (bay or lake sailing)
  • Daylight hours and fair conditions with moderate wind and sea conditions
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