Skipper Academy
Yatour Cruises Skipper Academy offers an intensive one- or two-week training course for beginners and advanced/certified skippers. After finishing the academy, an individual can start a new career and become a Yatour Cruises skipper.
WHICH OPPORTUNITIES WILL I HAVE AFTER SUCCESSFULLY FINISHING SWC ACADEMY?
- Work for Yatour Cruises
- Earn from 450 to 1500€ per week plus tip *
- Accomodation and meals provided
- Sail yachts and catamarans from 40 to 64 feet length
Dates & Courses
Which course is the right course for me?
Beginner
- No sailing experience needed
- Two separate weeks of training
- Learn all the basics of sailing and docking
- To start sailing career or just to gain knowledge
- Ready for a new challenge
Course price for 2024: €1150
Location: Greece / Croatia
Advanced
- Previous sailing experience
- Internationally recognised license already obtained
- One-week intense training
- Fast paced learning
- Take your career to the next level
Course price for 2024: €1150
Location: Greece / Croatia
Catamaran
- Have previous sailing experience on monohulls
- Internationally recognised license already obtained
- One-week intense training
- The start of catamaran career
Course price for 2024: €1150
Location: Greece / Croatia
Dates
06.-13.04.2024
13.-20.04.2024
20.-27.04.2024 Join waiting list
27.04.-04.05.2024 Join waiting list
04.-11.05.2024 Join waiting list
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What's Included
- 7/14 days of sailing in Croatia or Greece
- Accommodation aboard the sailboat
- Sheets, blankets and towels
- Professional Sailing instructor
- Course materials & Yatour Cruises skipper handbook
- Fuel for the boat & marina fees
- Tourist tax & end final boat cleaning
Additional Costs
- Travel expenses to Split, Croatia or Athens, Greece
- Transport to the marina
- Food and drinks for a week
- A group dinner ashore halfway through the week
Course summary
- Advanced Seamanship skills
- Maneuvering the boat in narrow areas
- Docking and anchoring during windy situations
- Minor individual motor repairs
- Advanced navigation
- Meteorology
- Safety awareness and signals
- MOB exercises
- Boat rescue exercise
- First aid
- Advanced sailing and sails trimming
- Sailing regattas
- Creating line and circle rafts
- Communication skills
- Crew handling
- Guest management
- Preparation for the tour
- Introduction to the locations and Local tours
Evaluation
During the week we will be monitoring your behavior patterns, work ethic, attitude and people skills, not only how you handle the boat.
After finishing the week-long training your knowledge and skills will be evaluated by one of our sailing instructors.
Note: To maintain objectivity, the sailing instructor who evaluates your skills and knowledge is not the instructor who guided you through the academy program.
The Goal/Outcome
During this Advanced course we want to make you from leisure skipper into a professional skipper, turning your weaknesses into your strengths. You will gain experience needed to work in the nautical industry through more complex navigation exercises.
Our Goal is to turn you into a professional and well trained skipper. Not only with the ability the maneuver and sail a boat but also have great communication with guests and be confident in yourselves and your ability as a skipper.
We are certain by the end of this course you will be able to:
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- Skipper a boat by in coastal regions of Mediterranean, Baltic or non-tidal waters
- Handle a boat in all weather conditions
- Sail a boat at a high standard
Sail & Work
For the candidates who successfully finish Yatour Cruises Skipper Academy we promise work for Yatour Cruises
During those weeks you’ll get the opportunity to show us everything you learned through the Academy.
After that, based on the demand and overall skills, you’ll may get offered more work from Yatour Cruises
Skippers operate as freelance contractors and can accept or reject any work we offer.
- Work for Yato Cruises
- All living expenses paid while working
- Earn up to €1500 + tip per week
- Sailing yachts from 40 to 64 feet
Please note:
- Not all the four working weeks are guaranteed to be in the same year, this depends on the booking situation
- Based on the demand and overall skills, you may get offered more work from Yatour Cruises
- Skippers operate as freelance contractors and can accept or reject any work we offer
- If the skipper is not performing up to standards, we reserve the right to end the working agreement
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