Online Yacht Skipper Course

PDY

Description and Powers
of the Course

Online course in which you will find 30 hours of recorded classes and 8 hours of live classes for card resolution 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, last year’s exams and past recordings up to the date of their exam.

icono de un timón

Up to 24 meters in length

icono de una brújula

Up to 150 miles from the coast

icono de una moto de agua

Jet skis

icono de un sol y una luna

Day and night navigation

PDY

Requirements and Upcoming Calls

To take this course you need:

  • To have the PER certificate
  • Take a psycho-technical test
  • 48 hours of safety and navigation practices

COURSE CONTENTS

SAFETY AT SEA
  • Transverse Stability
  • Safety equipment
  • Abandonment of the vessel
  • Maritime Rescue
METEOROLOGY
  • Isobars
  • Fronts, squalls and anticyclones
  • Wind
  • Humidity
  • Clouds
  • Mists
  • Waves
  • Marine currents
NAVIGATION THEORY
  • Earth Sphere
  • Total correction
  • Rumbos
  • Nautical publications
  • Measurement of time
  • Radar
  • GNSS
  • Electronic Letters
  • AIS
CHART NAVIGATION
  • Total correction
  • Directions and distances
  • Position lines
  • NS position lines
  • Known current
  • Unknown current
  • Situation of esteem
  • Loxodromic defeat
  • Tides
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

200€