With the Yacht Skipper title you will be able to govern vessels of up to 24 meters up to a distance of 150 miles from the coast.
The online didactic material contains the PY study guide with the keys to pass the exam, detailed explanations, sample exams and much more.
In addition, you can include the briefcase with extra didactic material for chart exercises: Nautical charts, protractor, tide yearbook...
The online PY theoretical course during the week includes:
- 10 theoretical classes in vídeo streaming en directo.
- Unlimited vídeo streaming en directo tutorials.
- Online teaching material.
- Online tests with the exam's similar questions.
- Immediate access to the online course platform.
- More than 30 hours of video classes.
- Explanatory videos.
- VAT 21%.
- Email support.
- Does not include practices.
Method and structure of the PY Online course on weekdays
Pass the PY exam by doing scheduled vídeo streaming en directo classes. An instructor will guide you in 10 classes so that you can easily assimilate and understand the agenda.
How to follow the PY Online course during the week
You can sign up for the PY theoretical course for the dates that suit you, and from today you can access the online course platform to review the syllabus before starting classes.
- Online courses with classes on Mondays and Wednesdays at 10:00 or 19:00.
- During the classes your instructor will explain the syllabus step by step.
- You will be able to solve specific doubts in vídeo streaming en directo tutorials.
- All classes and tutorials are recorded, so you can see them again as many times as you want.
On the online course platform you will find all the theoretical content, videos of complete classes, thematic videos, exams, online tests and recordings of classes and tutorials. We recommend you prepare each topic in advance and answer all your questions with the instructor. Here are some tips:
- Read the agenda.
- Do tests.
- Review the exams.
- Watch the thematic videos at aula.escolaport.com.
- Participate in vídeo streaming en directo tutorials.
PY course agenda
The theoretical agenda is divided into 4 interrelated units.
- Security and stability.
- Meteorology.
- Navigation theory.
- Chart.
PY Internships
Once you hire them, you can come to Port Olímpic to do your internship any week of the year, before or after the exam.
PY Exam
In 2025, three in-person PY exams will be held in Catalonia, in April, June, and December.
At EscolaPort we schedule theoretical courses, face-to-face or via vídeo streaming en directo, every month, on dates close to each call.
Deadlines
You can sign up for the exam up to 20 days before each call.
See PY exam dates
You can complete the practices before or after the exam.
Documentation
- Valid ID, residence card or passport.
- Completed exam registration form.
- Receipt of payment of the corresponding fee.
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Additional Information
- The exam is usually done on a weekend, in a public institute.
- A few days before each call, the provisional list of admitted students is published.
- You choose the call, but until the list is published you will not know the place, day and time that you must take the exam.
- The final list of those admitted will be published before 12 noon the day before the test.
- In the exam, only the theoretical contents are evaluated, the practices are evaluated by the school.
- If you delegate your registration for the exam to EscolaPort, we will do the procedures, follow-up, incident management and you will receive by email: reminders, solution template, list of admitted students and results.
issuance of the title
Once you have passed the exam and completed the practices, you will be able to issue your PY title.
Term
You have a maximum of 24 months to issue the title, counted from the date you pass the exam or complete the practices (whichever you did first).
Documentation
- Valid ID, residence card or passport.
- Receipt of payment of the corresponding fee.
- Nautical Medical Certificate carried out in Driver Recognition Centers (CRC).
- It is not necessary if less than 2 years have passed since the date of issue of a previous title.
- If you carry out the procedure on your own, the medical certificate must be provided in digital format through the application for the issuance of certificates of nautica.gencat.cat
- If you delegate the issuance process to EscolaPort, you must present the original document to the school.
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Practices
PY navigation practices: 48-hour journey from Barcelona to the Balearic Islands
48-hour journey with a minimum of 8 hours of night navigation. They enable you to navigate by motor up to a distance of 150 miles from the coast in boats up to 24 meters in length.
They are carried out, every month of the year, on board one of our sailboats of more than 15 meters in length, departing from the Port Olímpic of Barcelona.
Agenda of the PY navigation practices
The objective of the navigation practices is to prepare you for long-term navigation. In its development we will work on navigation aspects oriented mainly to the journey, safe night navigation.
- Use of safety and fire-fighting equipment.
- Review of issues related to safety equipment, its stowage and maintenance.
- Maintenance, reviews and precautions for use.
- Life raft, with a mock abandonment.
- Use of the life jacket and recognition of its elements.
- Use of the accident location radio beacon.
- portable VHF. Operation, battery charge check and spare battery.
- Automatic Identification System.
- Preparation for defeat.
- Checking the charts of the area to be navigated.
- Update of the notices to the navigators. Defeat plot.
- Documentation to carry on board.
- Weather forecasts and contrast with the local situation.
- Checks before going out to sea.
- Review of the critical points of the boat.
- Review of fuel level and autonomy.
- Engine start, and exhaust and temperature control. Battery charge check.
- Release of ropes and exit maneuver.
- Effective navigation guard.
- Effective surveillance. Visibility. Navigation lights. Precautions during night watch.
- Heading control. Government and march depending on the state of the sea and wind.
- Reconnaissance of the coast. Use of the course.
- Control of the state of the sea. positions on the chart.
- Physical condition of the crew.
- Navigation.
- situation in the letter. Situation by delays and distances.
- Use of GNSS equipment.
- Calculation of the current.
- Esteem navigation. Determination of the estimated time of arrival (ETA).
- Radar use.
- Navigation without visibility.
- Landfall.
How PY navigation practices are organized
The Barcelona – Balearic Islands – Barcelona crossing will last 48 hours, with a minimum of 8 hours of night navigation.
The estimated departure from Port Olímpic will be on a Friday around 7:00 p.m. aboard a cruising sailboat of more than 40 feet.
The meeting point is at the Marina Dock of the Port Olímpic of Barcelona.
The destination will be the island of Majorca or Menorca.
In summary, the navigation and rest periods will be a minimum of 18 hours without stopping on the way out, anchoring upon arrival, and if possible, we will go down to the Island to eat, but whoever prefers to eat on board can do so. For the return, another 18 hours of navigation, also non-stop, carrying out the planned agenda of the practices on both voyages.
The sailboats are equipped with all the regulatory security measures, both for personal security elements and for communications. They have a location system that allows us to know where they are at all times.
Depending on the weather forecast, it is advisable to bring a raincoat and warm clothes. In addition to comfortable clothing appropriate for a journey and appropriate footwear.
During the navigation you will be able to rest while others will guard on deck, you will take turns.
As for food, it is recommended that you cook little on the boat, try to bring prepared food or things that are easy to do. The school will put coffee pot, coffee, infusions and sugar on the sailboat.
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Both David and the doctor have helped me get to where I am today, as a yacht captain.
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