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Live-aboard cruising is a life-long activity that can be done worldwide. A popular choice of vacation for many sailors, bareboat or skippered charters can provide a unique getaway where your accommodation, transportation and entertainment are rolled into one adventurous package. The experience needed for a skippered charter is little while a bareboat charter requires a fair bit of knowledge and experience to make a vacation an enjoyable one.
Ontario Sailing Recommended Courses
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to find a charter company and/or a school that offers these courses.Ask an Expert: Email Send an email to UCanSail@OntarioSailing.ca for any questions you have concerning chartering boats.
On the completion of Basic Cruising the boater will be able to cruise safely by day in familiar waters as both skipper and crew of a sloop rigged keelboat of 6 to 10 metres in moderate wind and sea conditions.
Ashore Knowledge (click for details)
Section I - Terms and Definitions
Section II - Gear and Equiptment
Section III - Safety
Section IV - Rules of the Road and Canadian Regulations
Section V - Weather
Section VI - Duties of the Skipper and Crew
Section VII - Seamanship
Afloat Skills (click for details)
Section VII - Preliminaries
Section IX - Manoeuvring Under Power
Section X - Handling Under Sail
Section XI - Making Fast and Snugging Down
Training Timeline
On the completion of Intermediate Cruising the boater will be able to cruise safely in familiar waters as both skipper and crew of a sailing yacht 8-12 metres in moderate wind and sea conditions by day. Emphasizes on-the-water skills at a level acceptable for bare boat chartering.
Prerequisites
1. CYA Basic Cruising
2. It is recommended that the candidate have a recognized first aid certificate, a VHF radio operators certificate and have completed CYA Coastal Navigation.
3. To maximize the likelihood of success a candidate should have experience as a skipper of at least 10 day sails (or equivalent) and applied the knowledge and practiced teh skills in CYA Basic Cruising
Ashore Knowledge (click for details)
Section I - Planning
Section II - Living Afloat and Cruising Boat Systems
Section III - Weather
Section IV - Seamanship
Section V - Navigation
Afloat Skills (click for details)
Endorsements (click for details)
Training Timeline
On the completion of Coastal Navigation the boater will be able to demonstrate the navigational theory required to safely navigate a sailing cruiser in coastal or inland waters. The concepts are introduced in CYA Intermediate Cruising and Power Standards. Coastal Navigation is applied practically and tested in CYA Advanced Cruising.
Ashore Knowlegde (click for details)
CYA Uniform Navigation Terminology (click for details)
Training Timeline
On the completion of Basic Powerboat the boater will be able to operate safely in local waters as skipper of craft over 6 metres and powered by an engine over 55kW (75hp).
Ashore Knowlegde (click for details)
Section I - Types of Boats
Section II - Parts of the Boat and Terminology
Section III - Types of Boats
Section IV - Safety
Section V - Seamanship
Section VI - Weather
Section VII - Navigation
Section VIII - Boating Regulations and Rules of the Road
Section IX - Complementary Water Sport Guidelines
Section X - Trailering a Boat
Afloat Skills (click for details)
Section I - Preliminaries
Section II - Manoeuvering Under Power
Section III - Making Fast and Snugging Down
Training Timeline
On the completion of Basic Crew the boater will be able to act as competent crew while cruising safely in familiar waters aboard a sloop rigged keepboat of 6-10 metres in moderate wind and sea conditions by day.
Ashore Knowlegde (click for details)
Section I - Terms and Definitions
Section II - Gear and Equiptment
Section III - Safety
Section IV - Rules of the Road and Canadian Regulations
Section V - Weather
Section VI - Duties of the Skipper and Crew
Section VII - Seamanship
Afloat Skills (click for details)
Section VIII - Preliminaries
Section IX - Manoeuvering Under Power
Section X - Handling Under Sail
Section XI - Making Fast and Snugging Down
Training Timeline
Anyone operating a fixed or portable marine radio in a pleasure craft is required by law to have a Restricted Operator's Certificate (Maritime). Industry
Canada
has delegated the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons (CPS) the authority to issue the certificate.