Courses
island spirit sailing school
IYT International Competent Crew (Sail)
Location: Pattaya
This 5 day Crew Sailing course is a certificate for those candidates who wish to become an active crew member on a sailing yacht. At the end of this course, you will be able to crew on a sailing vessel up to a maximum length of 78 ft /24 metres in coastal waters up to 20 miles offshore in daylight hours and in fair conditions with moderate wind and sea conditions.
This 5-day course is the minimum level of competence that someone needs either when acting as watchkeeping crew on a yacht and as a skipper of a small yacht in protected waters where help is immediately available in calm conditions. During the course, you will learn the following subjects and put them to use on an overnight stay onboard the yacht at a nearby tropical island.
Course Details
Day 1 Classroom
Day 2 on Board
Day 3 on Board
Day 4 on Board
Day 5 on Board
Day 1 Classroom
- Nautical terminology
- Safety briefing, personal safety equipment and safety equipment on board.
- Passage planning, crew rest, duties on watch, personal health
- Lunch
- Basic international regulations for preventing collisions at sea.
- Introduction to weather
- Basic sail handling, points of sail, tacking and gybing
- Evening snacks & drinks by the water, by Island Spirit Sailing School
Day 2 on Board
- Rope work, common knots used on board, tying up to the dock.
- Deck gear, sail handling, tacking & gybing,
- Lunch on board
- Man overboard procedures
- Tacking and gybing,
- Navigation instruments
- Maneuvering under power, effects of prop walk and prop wash
- Crew’s role when berthing and leaving the berth
Day 3 on Board
- Close quarters maneuvering and docking, picking up a mooring,
- Lunch on board
- Steering a compass course
- Tacking & gybing
- Reefing for heavy weather
- Berthing
Day 4 on Board
- Ready boat
- Depart the Marina for a sail around local Islands
- Colregs, compass fixes, introduction to charts, tacking & gybing
- Lunch on Board
- Sailing drills, anchoring – Koh Chang, knots, dinghy use
- Dinner On Shore
Day 5 on Board
- Breakfast on board
- Sailing drills students alternating roles, verbal revision for exam
- Lunch on board On Board
- Crew Exam onboard
- Return to the Marina and disperse