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Practice Testing for the International Bareboat Skipper (BBS) Exam
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Practice Testing for the International Bareboat Skipper (BBS) Exam
NOTE: This course is a practice exam course. It is NOT the full International Bareboat Skipper course. This course is intended to help you practice for the final exam by covering the content you will find on the official exam.
The International Bareboat Skipper course is not for beginners. This is a certificate of competency for those candidates who wish to train to command a vessel up to 24 metres in length, in fair weather and in sight of land.
Candidates should be 16 years of age or over.
To have logged with proof of a total of 200 nautical miles and 10 days at sea by the end of course.
Must have taken IYT’s International Crew physical course with an IYT Partner School (candidates must either hold an IYT International Crew Certificate proving they have taken and passed the course, OR, a gold seal affixed to the IYT Boating & Sailing Passport signed by the school’s principal). Or they must hold an equivalent qualification from another training organisation.
Hold an IYT VHF Radio Operators Certificate or equivalent from another training organisation.
Certificate Limitations
Command of a vessel up to a maximum length of 78 ft /24 metres.
In coastal waters up to 20 miles offshore
In fair conditions with moderate wind and sea conditions
Most charter agencies will insist on daylight hours as a condition to charter.
Course Outline
Responsibilities of a bareboat skipper
Crew safety checks
Hull and rig checks
Machinery and systems checks
Fuel and water capacity and range
Menus and quantities
Float plan
Sources of meteorological information
Weather patterns
Sea and land breezes
Cloud types and formations
Pilotage and passage planning
Considerations when planning a passage
Routine for navigating a coastal passage
Passage strategy
Port regulations, customs, immigration
Pilotage plans
Vessel handling in confined quarters
Mooring, anchoring, coming alongside
Ropes, knots, care and use of lines
General deck work
Tides and currents theory
Tidal heights, springs and neaps
Rule of “twelfths”
Position fixing, running fixes
Plotting the effect of tides and currents
Collision regulations
Lights, shapes and sounds
Application of the regulations
Advanced dingy handling
