Online sailing training  “Theoretical basics of yachting. How to become a skipper and independently sail a sailing and motor yacht”. The author of the course is a skipper with more than 30 years of sailing experience Bogdan Brodowski.

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Learn the theory from anywhere in the world!

Online learning yachting is becoming an increasingly popular type of training, so for our students “BB Yachting” offers a new distance learning form online. In a comfortable atmosphere at home (or at work) you can listen to the author’s course by Bogdan Brodowski “Theoretical basics of yachting. How to become a skipper and independently sail a sailing and motor yacht”

Learn yachting online – advantages:

• • Saving time and money.
  • Better and more effective mastering of the material.
  • Access from anywhere in the world.
  • Comfortable and comfortable learning environment.

The book “Skipper” as a gift!

Topics covered on line yachting courses:

• Weather. Atmospheric pressure, Coriolis rule, cyclone and anticyclone, cold and warm fronts; the Beaufort and Peterson scales. Cloud observations; sources of weather forecasting; local anomalies; night and day breezes; world winds; fog; actions during weather worsening.

• Radio communication and GMDSS elements:. Simplex-duplex communication; the SOLAS convention; Call sign; MMSI. Call for Mayday, Pan-Pan, Securite, general communication. VHF channels; GMDSS system; radar; depth sounder; GPS; EPIRB; SART; A.I.S.

• International rules for preventing collision of vessels, COLREGs. Priority; signs and signs on bridges; movement along rivers. Traffic Separation Scheme, TSS.

• Safety on the yacht. Means of safety on the yacht; fire, preventive measures, fire triangle, fire extinguishers, fire blanket. Life jackets; man overboard, MoB, preventive measures. Means and ways of calling for help; pyrotechnics; life raft; rescue operation by helicopter.

• Lighthouses and beacons. IALA system; lateral signs; cardinal signs; the leading signs; beacons, sector beacons, colors and characteristics of lights, TSS.

• Basic maneuvers, mooring, anchorage. Types of bottom; types of anchors; choice of anchorage; maneuvers in acute and complete courses, through the staff, through the stern; tacking; to buoy; towing; gateways; forward and backward movement; longside.

• Yacht stability, sail theory, Pivot Point.

• Navigation lights and signals. Navigation lights during day and night; sound signals; actions in case of reduced visibility; other ways of calling for help.

The cost of the theoretical online course: 250 euros..
Call us: (050) 500 -57-77; (067) 547-18-88 or send an email to  info@bbyachting.com.ua.

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