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- Start date:Sep 8, 2025 at 9:30 am
- End date:Sep 12, 2025 at 5:00 pm
- Crew Capacity5
- Skill Level RequiredBeginner
- Course LevelRYA Day Skipper
- LanguageEnglish
- ClimateTemperate
- Vessel TypeSail
- VesselGrand Soleil 43
The RYA Day Skipper practical course teaches you how to skipper a yacht, and is the certificate you need to be allowed to charter a yacht. It’s a big step up but tremendous fun. You will learn to navigate, develop boat handling skills in a marina, including docking skills, and you’ll skipper your first short passages.
You’ll start to learn much more about how to manage the yacht safely, how to trim sails and what to do if conditions deteriorate while you are out on the water. As part of this, you will experience a night sail and various challenges that come with that. You’ll learn about basic weather forecasts, engine checks and passage planning.
Holders of the Day Skipper practical certificate can gain an International Certificate of Competence (ICC) without any further training or assessment.
Previous experience required
Basic sailing ability and knowledge of navigation to the level of RYA Day Skipper theory.
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Boris Harizman
a month agoI've had the best experience with Julio Verne! Communication with Jessica was very clear and fast, Daniel was amazing during check in and check out and available for questions during the charter. The condition of the boat was wonderful, clean inside and out and well maintained. Thank you, and I'll be back for more!
Francois Zbinden
in the last week. We had a great time sailing in Galicia on the boat Fix by Jules Verne. The team was very nice and professional. We can highly recommend them and would love to come back.
Michael D. Beil
a week agoI took the five-day Day Skipper Practical course with Julio Verne Nautica and am 100% satisfied! Jessica was very helpful and responsive right from the start and answered all of my questions. The instructor, Francisco, is an excellent teacher as well as an entertaining shipmate and good cook. We had both Day Skipper and Competent Crew students aboard Nemo (a Grand Soleil 43) and he had us working together as a team from the start. Each day started with a little theory on topics ranging from VHF and AIS to use of safety equipment and handling emergencies to everything that goes into planning long passages (and lots more). Once we were on the water (6-8 hours a day), there was real, "hands on" experience at the helm in plenty of challenging situations, including docking in tight spaces, anchoring, picking up moorings, man overboard scenarios, and more. As Day Skipper candidates, we were expected to create a passage plan for a long sail, utilizing both paper charts, electronic and other navigation tools to safely navigate the boat to our destination and back to the harbor at night. All in all, a great week, helped even more by the beauty of the Monte Real Yacht Club and the surrounding area, including the Cies Islands.
Andreas Bartels
10 months agoWe chartered a 31.5 Nautilus by Jessica und Daniel by Julio Verne Nautica in Baiona. We had a great time in Galicia - and a perfect service- five stars!!!! Thank you guys for this wunderful experience🤩
Bo Cure
2 months agoJessica was very quick and helpful in booking our boat trip within hours of our request. Ivan was an amazing captain and guide! Highly recommended!