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ISSA Motor Yacht Inshore Skipper Student Textbook
The ISSA Inshore Skipper Motor Yacht textbook is designed for up-skilling a person who has completed an ISSA Yacht Crew course and wants to become an inshore skipper. Trainee skippers must have a good understanding of motor/boat handling, nautical terminology and safety at sea. This handbook goes a long way to providing you with most of the knowledge required to become a proficient motor yacht skipper.
This is one of ISSA’s most popular motor yacht courses as it trains you to become a competent skipper. The course covers a huge range of marine topics both practically and theoretically. The result is you become a safe and knowledgeable motor yacht skipper, able to participate in yachting activities and even renting yachts for summer holidays.
The aim of the ISSA Inshore Skipper Textbook is to increase the candidates’ nautical knowledge to competently take on the duties of an Inshore Skipper on board a motor yacht – in daylight hours in sight of land It is recommended that course duration is 10 days including VHF Radio Training. Yacht Training in Asia is a truly wonderful activity if you are well prepared and trained. Our courses seek to make your motor yacht training, a perfect holiday too.
ISSA RIB Skipper 2 Student Textbook
The RIB Skipper 2 course includes learning to maneuver two or three different sizes of RIB. There is also some theory, Rules of the Road, Safety, Tides, Basic Chart Work and VHF radio usage. You’ll lean to handle the boat at slow speed and at higher speeds a well as how to anchor and pick up a mooring. MOB is a vital aspect of this course.
The course is usually 3 days as you also need to complete the VHF radio course. You also need to have a VHF radio certificate which is mandatory for RIB Skipper Certification to be authorized. This is a course that is ideal for Super Yacht Crew. CEVNI Tests are also advisable.
ISSA RIB Skipper 1 Student Textbook
The ISSA RIB skipper courses are designed for small and large RIBs. The aim of our courses is primarily education and safety. To obtain a RIB Skipper certification one also needs to have a VHF Radio operators certification and ideally a CENI Test should be taken and passed. Sea users should enroll in the Boat Master Course as a progression from RIB Master as it teaches navigation and a range of other marine topics not covered in the one or two day RIB courses. Talk to SIA if you want further advice or information.
ISSA Keelboat Skipper Student Textbook
The Keelboat Crew Course has been designed for people who want to sail a boat thats not a sailing dinghy and wet, nor is it a yacht and pretty ponderous and expensive. Keelboats are lively, agile, fun to sail and ideal in light winds because they are so light. The two day ISSA Keelboat Crew Course was designed by Sail in Asia so that we could teach people in a two day program what usually takes 3 or 4 days on a yacht.
Our expertise in yacht training stretches back nearly 35 years and in that time we have learned a few things. Our Keelboat Crew course handbook is widely acclaimed and is the basis for teaching this course. Have a look at our Keelboat Crew Content page and you will see how comprehensive it is but also how easy it is to access every subject.
ISSA Keelboat Crew Student Textbook
The Keelboat Crew Handbook is the starter course for absolute beginners and the content is aimed at novice sailors. Safety is our primary concern and is carefully covered in this handbook. The syllabus covers the following topics in carefully illustrated and concisely written notes making the series of three books very useful for the modern keelboat sailor. The handbook covers the following subjects for aspiring Keelboat Crew;
- Safety
- Parts of a boat
- Boat handling under sail and power
- Berthing basics
- Tides and currents
- Simple weather
- IALA buoyage
- Sail trim
- Outboard engines
- Folding sails
- Basic knots
- Environmental considerations
The course is 90% practical and is assessed on water. This is a fun course and the handbook is designed with this in mind.
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