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Yacht Captain practices

Safety and navigation – The practices of the Yacht Captain title.

The practices of security and navigation are mandatory to obtain the title of Yacht Captain.

At Escola Port, we do them every month aboard one of our sailboats of over 15 meters in length. We set sail on a Friday afternoon from the Olympic Port heading for the Balearic Islands, and return to Barcelona on Sunday.

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Requirements

Requirements to obtain the title Yacht Captain

Have a yacht skipper/wave title


To register for the CI exam you must have a PI qualification.
If you don't have the PY yet you can hire one pack with all the courses.

Pass a theoretical exam

In Catalonia, 3 CI exams are held a year.
At EscolaPort we schedule theoretical courses on dates close to each call.

Complete the practices

In addition to passing the exam, you must do a mandatory practice: Navigation 48 hours.
You can do the practice before or after the exam.

Expand attributions?

If you want to steer sailboats, in addition to the mandatory ones, you have to do complementary practices.
If you do the complementary practices after having issued the degree, you must request a new issue to include the new attributions.

Pay fees

Examination
Registering for the exam requires payment of the registration fee.
And the registration in the corresponding call within the period indicated.

expedition
To process the title you must pay the issuing fee.
When you have passed the exam and the practicals.

Nautical medical certificate

When you go to process the issuance of the title you must pass a psychophysical examination and attach it to the application.
Only what is done in centers authorized by the DGT is valid. Once completed it expires after 90 days, it is important that you get it after passing the exam and the internship.

Deadlines

To sign up for an exam there are specific deadlines, which you can consult at Port School, on the website of the Generalitat de Catalunya or in your CCAA.
To request the issuance of your degree, the maximum period will be 24 months from the date on which the exam notes are published.

In the same way, the period of 24 months counts from the date on which the internships have been passed. If you have not passed the exam, you have 23 months to do so and issue the degree.

Validity period

The Yacht Captain title is valid for 10 years.
To renew it you must pay the corresponding fee and provide a medical certificate.

Attributions of the title Yacht Captain

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24 meters**

Governing motorized pleasure craft up to 24 meters in length.

No limits

Navigation without geographical limits.

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Jet skis

Rule all kinds of jet skis with no power limit.

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sailboats*

Steering sailing boats.
*Additional practices.

PPER*

Charter, transfers, internship instructor...
+ STCW certificates.

** The only limitations on this qualification are the number of passengers that can be on board, a maximum of twelve not counting the crew, and if it is a pleasure boat, the gross tonnage must be less than 3000 GT .

BOE no. 247

The detailed content of these practices can be seen in BOE No. 247
Saturday, October 11, 2014

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Yacht Captain practices – complementary practices

YC sailing practices

Complementary practices are voluntary and valid to expand the basic attributions you obtain with the mandatory practices. If you have already completed them, with the PER or the PI, for example, you will not have to repeat them.

You have to complete the sailing practices if you are interested in sailing sailboats, they last 16 hours and you can complete them in 4-hour daily sessions during the week or in two 8-hour sessions on a weekend.

More details about sailing practices
Complementary sailing practices for the PNB - PER - PY and CY - EscolaPort - Barcelona degrees
On board the practice boat, your instructor will evaluate your performance and active participation in the EscolaPort sailing practices.
Yacht Captain practices

Evaluation of practices

Unlike the exam, the internships are evaluated by the nautical school, with the internship instructor awarding Pass or Fail.

The instructor must assess the student's ability, in accordance with the following points, and may not sign the corresponding practice certificate if any of them are not met: 

  1. Punctuality and attendance at practices.
  2. Acceptance of the rules of the recreational nautical school. The student will have to accept the school's rules for teaching the practices.
  3. Active participation. The student must participate actively during the entire internship, being receptive to the training.
Cancellation/Change of practices

You can modify the date of your reservation or temporarily cancel your reservation by notifying the school with:
– 48 hours in advance for navigation and radio practices.
– Five days for the crossing practices.

The nautical school is forced to financially penalize non-attendance at practices.

The amount of this penalty is:
– €45 for navigation and radio practices.
– €95 for crossing practices.

To avoid penalties, any change in date or cancellation of internships must be notified, in writing, to the school with:
– 48 hours in advance for navigation and radio practices.
– Five days for the crossing practices.

Nautical schools are obliged to notify the number of participants in the practices to the Generalitat de Catalunya, days before they take place.

Once the school has notified the Generalitat of the list of participants, it cannot be changed except in the event of demonstrable force majeure*.

If a participant does not show up for the internship, they will not be able to be evaluated and their APTE will not be recognized, but they will also cause harm to another person who has not been able to fill their place and to the school, which will not be able to sell that place.

*Causes of force majeure: illness, accident, etc.

Official exam in Catalonia

The exam assesses the theoretical knowledge of the content of the 4 units of the syllabus.

The APTE in the exam is valid for 24 months, within this period you must complete the internship and issue the qualification, otherwise, you will have to repeat the exam.

Statement of practices

At EscolaPort, we register all your internships (compulsory and complementary) in the computer system of the Nautical Department of the Generalitat de Catalunya, before and after you complete them.

Once completed, the internships are valid for 24 months, within this period you must issue your degree, otherwise they must be repeated.

Procedures

The fees and administrative procedures to register for the exam and issue the CI degree are around €270.

You can manage it directly with the Generalitat de Catalunya or delegate these processes to the school.

Yacht Captain practices

What is the title?

Your nautical certificate will be a PDF document.

You can download it, from your personal space, in the application of the nautical department of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

There are neither physical titles (carnet, folio, etc.) nor provisional ones, only the definitive title.

To process it, you will simply have to pay the corresponding fee and upload your medical certificate to the application.

You can do the expedition once you have completed the internship and passed the exam.

Both the exam pass and the practicals will be registered in the computer system, you will not need any document or proof.

Your nautical certificate will be a PDF document - EscolaPort - Barcelona

PPER

Do you want to work as a professional skipper?

The PPER enables you to sail, with up to 12 passengers on board, at a distance of 60 or 150 miles in boats up to 24 m in length.

With the Yacht Captain title and 3 STCW certificates, you just need to pass the PPER exam and start working.

More information about the PPER

Yacht captain internship calendar in Barcelona

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Yacht Skipper and Yacht Captain practice sailboat, from EscolaPort, departing at sunset towards the Balearic Islands
Group of students on board the sailing practice sailboat of the Yacht Skipper and Yacht Captain course at EscolaPort
EscolaPort students aboard the Skipper and yacht captain internship sailboat in front of the Olympic Port
Student using the sextant during navigation practice for the Yacht Captain qualification at EscolaPort
Group of students on board the sailing practice sailboat of the Yacht Skipper and Yacht Captain course at EscolaPort
Anchored in Ca Salobra practices Yacht Skipper and Yacht Captain in EscolaPort
Cetacean sighting during sailing practices of the Yacht Skipper and Yacht Captain course at EscolaPort
Diving in Mallorca during the sailing practices of the Yacht Skipper and Yacht Captain course at EscolaPort
Group of students on board the sailing practice sailboat of the Yacht Skipper and Yacht Captain course at EscolaPort
Students on board arriving at Ca Salobra for yacht skipper and yacht captain internships at EscolaPort
Yacht Captain practices

Taking a course at EscolaPort always has advantages

  • Discounts on your next courses.
  • Two free trips with the sailing club, when you buy your first pack of trips.
  • All in one place, the Olympic Port of Barcelona.
Advantages and discounts for EscolaPort students.

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