Online Yacht Captain Course

CDY

Description and Powers
of the Course

Online course in which you will find 38 hours of recorded classes and 10 hours of live classes for astronomical navigation problems using the Zoom platform and a WhatsApp channel for course coordination.

Students are provided with six months of access to the education platform where they can find recordings, notes and access to fully explained and solved exams.

Materials included in the course!

All students have access to :

  • Notes of the complete syllabus. (Textbook not required).
  • Exams:
    • Collection of unsolved exams (question answers from the last 10 years).
    • Dozens of questions answered at the end of each topic.
    • Complete explained and solved exams for practice.
  • Tidal yearbooks for the last few years.
  • Nautical Almanac of the current and previous years.
  • English notes.
icono de un timón

Up to 24 meters in length

icono de una brújula

No distance limits

icono de una moto de agua

Jet skis

icono de un sol y una luna

Day and night navigation

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Requirements and Upcoming Calls

To take this course you need:

  • To have the title of Yacht Patron
  • Take a psycho-technical test
  • To do the Yacht Captain’s safety and navigation internships.

Check the dates of the next calls for applications:

COURSE CONTENTS

NAVIGATION THEORY
  • Celestial Sphere
  • Time coordinates of the stars
  • Horizontal or azimuthal coordinates of the stars
  • Position triangle
  • Ecliptic
  • Equatorial Uranographic Coordinates
  • Coordinates measured at the Equator
  • Apparent motion of the stars
  • Constellations
  • Measurement of time
  • Nautical publications
  • Sextant
METEOROLOGY
  • Atmosphere
  • Stormy forms
  • General wind systems
  • Tropical Cyclones
  • Marine currents
  • Floating ice
ENGLISH
  • English to Spanish translation
  • Message reception and transmission
NAVIGATION CALCULATION
  • Analytical resolution of the position triangle
  • Measurement of time
  • Nautical Almanac
  • Straight line height
  • Location by altitude lines: Sun and Stars
  • Total Correction
  • Orthodromic defeat
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Classes by Zoom
All classes are conducted via live video conferencing using Zoom software.
Access to recordings
Recordings of past classes are provided in case you are unable to attend at the scheduled time, and in case you need to review.
Online Tutor
In each course we provide notes, group or individual tutoring and practice exams from last year's Balearic Islands.
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COURSE PRICE

250€