Tečaj za skippera – Basic

During the seven-day beginner course, you will set sail on the southeast Istrian coast. The course is carefully curated to give you the necessary knowledge for independent sailing.

Croatia Sailing Academy is a skipper academy that offers an intensive course to acquire the knowledge needed for a safe stay on board as a skipper for both professional and private purposes.

You will reside on the boat accompanied by your instructor and sail on around the waters of Pula, the Kamenjak cape, and the Brijuni National Park.

The Academy provides theoretical and practical knowledge.

The objective of the course is to enable the candidate in 7 days to independently, confidently, and safely operate the vessel according to obtained permit gained through theory, practice, and passing the exam. In addition, participants will get acquainted with the most common problems they may encounter while navigating and how they are solved.

The navigational route and the training schedule of individual elements depend on weather conditions and the efficiency of participant knowledge acquisition. The knowledge that the candidate adopts during the course is boat maneuvering, navigational skills, safety, mechanical problem-solving, and skipper skills.
The course consists of a theoretical and practical part performed simultaneously over 7 days.

No prior sailing experience is required for attending the course.

The course is organized in a way to introduce the candidates to the instructor and go through boat familiarization (Check-in) on the first day, and then exercise how to sail in and sail out within the starting marina on the next day. On the third day, a pre-planned route is underway.

During the sail, each day in a different location, are trained in some aspects of maneuvering, sailing, anchoring, navigation, and everything else needed for safe boat management. Return to starting marina is planned on the last day.

The program is carried out 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. During the course candidates reside and live on the boat with the presence of a skipper-instructor, simulating real situations that can occur during the stay on board.