For several Years we've instructed the Caribbean Cruising Certificate LEVEL ONE which is now being replaced by this course.
If you are the holder of a CCC certificate LEVEL ONE you will receive automatically an updated certificate.

The basic theory and practical sailing are the same.

 

About the International Crew ( Recreational Certificate )

Learn to sail a bareboat charter yacht.
This is a seven day bareboat cruising course around the Caribbean Islands.

The BEST way to combine a great sailing vacation with a sailing course and go home with your International Crew ( Recreational Certificate ) !
The BEST way to go on a yacht charter vacation with your friends and learn all the skills how to safely captain a bareboat charter yacht in the future !
The BEST way to spend a vacation as a couple and come with two other couples of your best friends !
The BEST way experience a sailing vacation and learn to know other couples during a one week sailing trip !

Please note: a maximum of 6 people in 3 double cabins in allowed on board.
Please contact us for dates and available staterooms if you are not booking a full 6 persons boat!

The Caribbean Cruising Certificate LEVEL ONE has been introduced by the MSWI in order to set a safety and knowledge standard for people who want to charter a bareboat yacht and is now replaced by the International Crew ( Recreational Certificate ) because all the IYT schools all over the world will have this same course.
There are NO minimum sea miles or other requirements set to follow the International Crew ( Recreational Certificate )

This means that EVERYONE who's thinking about renting a bareboat charter yacht in the future and wants to learn to sail or improve his or her sailing skills, can do this course.

A GREAT VACATION COURSE FOR COUPLES !

After successfully completing this one week bareboat cruise, our certified instructor will issue you the International Crew ( Recreational Certificate ).

Several requirements and conditions apply if you want to skip the International Crew ( Recreational Certificate ) and enrol directly into the International Bareboat Captain / Skipper course.
Please contact us if you want to start immediately with the Level TWO course.

THIS COURSE IS RECOGNIZED BY THE MAJOR BAREBOAT CHARTER COMPANIES !

The KEY to safe

bareboat chartering
 

Class 4 MCA Instructor Captain Lou feeding the Sugar Birds on board
during a stop over in Antigua English Harbor

A seven day bareboat cruising course around the Caribbean Islands
Covered in this course are the following items:
 

Planning your Caribbean cruise
Bareboat charter contract
Route
Charts
Buoys
Reglementation
Provisioning

The Yacht
Inspection and viewing
Inventory
Sail terms
Yacht layout
Sails
Rigging
Lines
Fenders
Ropes
Winches
Engine
Propeller
Dinghy
Outboard engine

Sails
Mainsail trim and reefs
Genoa roller furling and other sail handling

Operations
Operation of engine
Engine mechanics 
Fuelling techniques
Water and grey water systems

Kitchen
Stove and galley systems
Fridge
Cooking and recipes
( Please be aware that this is a bareboat cruise and you will have to prepare your food on board )

Sailing
Docking and anchoring
Manoeuvring under power
Use of Important knots
Sail handling
Steering and manoeuvring under sail
Sailing Rules
Emergencies

Navigation
Charts
Log
Understanding GPS
VHF
Instruments
Weather
Tides

Safety
Do's and Don'ts on board
Safety Precautions
Life Jackets
Life Raft
Flares
Fire extinguishers
Use of safety harness
First Aid
Overboard recovery procedures
Danger bearings 
Distress signals

This is a ONE WEEK course which starts in the late afternoon at Captain Oliver's Marina St.Martin.
You will be back in one week.

We will welcome you at Juliana International airport in St.Maarten and bring you to the Marina Captain Oliver's in Oyster Pond.

Our crew will welcome you on board an Oceanis 465, upon your arrival in the afternoon or evening, show your stateroom and give you some time to unpack.
After the on-board cocktail briefing you will be offered a complementary "Baby Back Ribs" or "Grilled Fish" Diner at the famous Dinghy Dock Bar and Restaurant in the marina.
After the diner there is time for a drink or to relax on board.

The next day on Monday morning, after breakfast, the course starts with the briefing in the office, the cruise planning, and later continuous on board.
You will leave the dock after lunch in the early afternoon and cruise to the inhabited Island of Tintamare.
Here you can do snorkelling, explore the Island or stroll along the beach. Your yacht will remain on anchor here where you will spend the night.

Do some early morning snorkelling and discover an old shipwreck or tan on the beach.
Around 10.00 am you should be on your way to Ile Fourchu, another inhabited Island about 5 miles in front of the exclusive Island of St.Barth.
Sail close to this Island and than straight to Gustavia, the little Swedish-European-Caribbean main town of St.Barth.
Have a complimentary salad lunch or a hamburger in "The Select", know from Jimmy Buffet's world famous song " Hamburger in Paradise" and have a look later at the expensive shops or do an Island tour.
Prepare your diner on board around 7.00 pm.
Your instructor will give you some theory work after diner.

The next morning you will leave early and sail to Anguilla and stay on the course which you have prepared the previous evening.
Make some lunch while sailing and prepare for anchoring in the late afternoon.

To be continued...

This course is also available on a catamaran ( more expensive than a mono hull )

For the second level of this course please see: BAREBOAT CAPTAIN