Yacht Crew

Experience required prior training:          None

Certification required prior training:        None

Minimum age required:                              10 years old

Suggested number of training hours:        20 hours (minimum 3 days)

Who can run the training:     ISSA Instructor or minimum Offshore Skipper

Who can do the examination:    ISSA Instructor or minimum Offshore Skipper

How to sibmit the application:    Only through authorized ISSA school

Skills and knowledge required for a Yacht Crew:

Yacht’s construction

• Knows the basic parts of yacht and what are the designed for:
  • Cockpit;
  • Bildge;
  • Heads;
  • Galley;
  • Bow;
  • Stern, aft etc.
  • Boom;
  • Mast;
  • Rigging;
  • Haulyards.
• Can operate elementary yacht’s systems:
  • Toilet;
  • Gass oven;
  • Sink;
  • Shower;
• Can fill up the water and diesel tanks;
• Can operate the inboard engine;
  • Start it;
  • Switch it off;
  • Check whether cooling system works;
  • Inspection before starting.

Line and spring handling

• Can combine two lines of the same and different diameter;
• Can make:
  • Bowline;
  • Fast a line on a cleat;
  • Fishermen’s bend;
  • Coil mooring lines

• Can:
  • Hand over,
  • Take,
  • Make fast on cleat;
  • Let go mooring lines;
• Can describe different ways of taking a mooring.

Handling sail sheets and haulyards

• Can:
  • Set and bring down the sails;
  • Reef down and shake off the reefs.

Handling fenders

• Can:
  • Fix them by applying adequate knots:
  • effectively operate the manouvering fender:

Operating the anchor.

• Can:
  • Prepare anchor for weighing (switches and controls)
  • Operate the windlass (letting out and taking in the chain)

Operating the dinghy.

• Can:
  • Take the dinghy off the deck and pull it in onto the deck;
  • Secure the dinghy to the yacht;
  • Use paddles effectively;
  • Secure the dinghy to the deck.

Safety.

• Can:
  • Safely move arround the deck;
  • Use the safety equipement;
  • Use the distress singalling equipment (pirotechnics, mirror, flags etc.);
  • Use the fire fighting equipment (fire extinguishers – with consideration of various types available, fire blanket);
  • Apply various methods to make a distress signal (at least 4 methods).

Other skills

• Can:
  • Keep observation of the sailing area and pass over information about the direction and distance to objects;
  • Knows the lights of their own yacht in the night;
  • Make adequate signals in fog (under sails, under power);
  • Effectively hold the helm.