+ 18 years

Between 2 and 6 months

Online / Face-to-face

YS Pro

Professional yacht skipper

With your Yacht Skipper title, plus the STCW Basic Safety Training certificate, you will be able to charter with up to six passengers.

The Additional qualifications for the Yacht Skipper title They authorize you to carry out transfers, transports or charter with passengers.

If you already have your Yacht Skipper title, dedicate a couple of weeks to the Basic Safety Training course and start getting the most out of your boat.

Attributions of Pro Yacht Skipper

Professional services

Charter, transfers, transport of goods, lifeboats...

24 meters

To govern motor and sailing pleasure boats up to 24 meters in length.

5 miles

Sail within a radius of 5 nautical miles from the port or marina.

6 passengers

Transport up to 6 passengers on tourist excursions or recreational fishing.

Make the sea your profession!

Professional yacht skipper

The title of Yacht Skipper with associated qualifications allows you to provide paid services as a skipper/skipper of a boat.

To be a Pro Yacht Skipper you need the title Yacht pattern/wave issued with sail and the STCW certificate Basic security training.

If you already have the PER, you can obtain the PI title within 2 to 6 months, depending on your dedication, and the Basic Security Training course in two weeks.

Requirements to obtain PI Pro

Title of Yacht Skipper
Sailing qualification
STCW certificate of proficiency Basic Safety Training

Yacht skipper with attached qualifications

What can you do as Professional yacht skipper?

As a Yacht Skipper with additional qualifications, you will be able to professionally steer pleasure boats up to 24 meters in length (list 6th and 7th) within the waters of ports, marinas, marinas and beaches, or up to a maximum radius of 5 miles from the coast, carrying out various activities such as:

Charter with up to 6 passengers.
Recreational fishing trips with up to 6 passengers.
Docking, anchoring or towing.
Transfer of boats between ports.
Seafaring work on boats in ports.
Government of rescue boats on beaches.
Transport of supplies to other vessels.
Sea trials with boats and jet skis.

How is the Yacht Skipper with attached qualifications processed?

To obtain the annexed qualifications to your recreational title, issued by an autonomous community, you must submit to the Maritime Administration:

The request addressed to the Director General of the Merchant Navy.
Photocopy of the recreation qualification issued by an autonomous community.
Pay the fees for form 790-028.
Certificate of basic security training, in force.

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PER Pro - PER title with attached qualifications

Professional yacht skipper

Yacht Skipper Course with face-to-face or online classes.

At Escola Port we offer you a wide variety of options throughout the year, in person and online, to prepare you for the official exam.

In Catalonia, there are three calls for the Yacht Skipper exam per year: April, July and December.

To study the syllabus, you can do it independently with the Online At Your Pace course or with scheduled classes, whether during the week or on the weekend.

All classes and tutorials are recorded and available the next day in the virtual classroom.

Yacht skipper course - Face-to-face or streaming classes - EscolaPort - Barcelona

Professional yacht skipper

Yacht Skipper Course

In the Yacht Skipper course you will expand the knowledge obtained in the PER course.

Since you will be able to navigate at much greater distances, the calculations and corrections are more complex, but not more difficult.

You already know how to calculate distances and delays, for example, but now you will know how to obtain them at different times and at different points on the map.

As for corrections, the current and wind are added to the magnetic declination and deviation.

The curriculum is broad and very interesting, not everything is calculation, you will also learn about stability and safety, meteorology and navigation theory.

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Professional yacht skipper STCW

Basic security training course

The certificate Basic Safety Training It is a mandatory requirement for all personnel who are going to work in the nautical/maritime sector, from small boats to large cruise ships or merchants, whether they are: officers, PPER, hostesses, waiters, mechanics, skippers...

To obtain the certificate, you must complete a face-to-face course, with mandatory attendance, consisting of four modules that establish the minimum standards of competence in: Personal survival techniques, First-level fire prevention and fighting, First aid and Personal safety and social responsibilities.

Complementary practice

Professional yacht skipper

Sailing practices

As you may know, to be a Pro Yacht Skipper, your PY title must be issued with a sailing qualification.

If you have already completed them with the PER course, you will not have to repeat them.

If you haven't done them yet, you will learn how to sail safely, how to perform maneuvers, anchor, use basic heads and knots and much more.

Sailing maneuvers are a fundamental part of the 16 hours of sailing practice.

Do you want to go further and with more passengers?

You need the professional certificate: PPER

The PER and Yacht Master Pro are the gateway to the professional world of the sea and you can get them in a very short time.

If you want more, in less than a year, you can be a PPER and sail 60 miles from the coast with up to 12 passengers on board.

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With the PPER you can sail at a distance of 60 or 150 nautical miles, with up to 12 people on board, plus the crew, in boats up to 24 m long with a Spanish flag and registered on list 6a or 7a.

Processing of annexed qualifications

To request the issuance of the certificate of Professional yacht skipper,
you must submit this documentation to the Maritime Administration of your autonomous community:

Appointment request Maritime Captaincy

Request an appointment.

Certificate request

Application form for Specialty Certificates.

Recreation title

Original and copy of the Pleasure Boat Skipper / Yacht Skipper title.

fees

Proof of payment of fees for Professional and Recreational Maritime Titles.
(Model 790, code 028).

Professional yacht skipper