Bareboat Charter Master & Mediterranean Sailing License
Whether sailing your own boat or undertaking a bareboat charter for a sailing vacation, skippering large sailboats near the coast and for multiple days requires more advanced sailing skills. Sailing Strong offers comprehensive training through NauticEd’s advanced sailing courses to prepare you to sail and charter anywhere in the world on luxurious sailing keelboats and catamarans. Optionally, we can assess you for the International Sailing License & Credentials (SLC), accepted by charter companies worldwide.
Contact Sailing Strong to discuss how to qualify for large sailboats or a bareboat charter on a sailing vacation.
Large Keelboat Skipper
Gain the knowledge and skills needed for longer distances and overnight sailing in diverse conditions with this comprehensive sailing course focused on larger sailboats: from 26ft to 56ft. While many sailing skills and principles are universal, sailing larger sailboats requires additional training and skills to handle the increased power, speed, and weight and the myriad of helm, engine and system options. The course is designed for beginner to intermediate sailors.
Session Details:
- 21 hour on-water practical experience
- $999 per person (+hst)
- Min 3 – Max 4 persons per session
Bareboat Charter Master
A Bareboat Charter Master is someone who knows their stuff inside and out. To lead your friends and family on coastal waters sailing vacations, you need mastery of knowledge, skills and systems. Our Bareboat Charter Master sailing certification requires meaningful experience, comprehensive online course work, on-the-water training and a demonstration of your practical sailing skills.
This 5 day/4 night live-aboard course is for those sailors who have taken or can demonstrate basic skipper level sailing skills. Upon successful completion of this course you should be able to cruise safely in familiar waters as both skipper and crew of a sailing yacht of 30-40 feet, sloop rigged with an inboard engine, in moderate wind and sea conditions by day. This standard emphasizes on-the-water skills at a level acceptable for bare boat chartering or extended cruises in coastal waters.
Prerequisites include:
- NauticEd Bareboat Charter Master online bundle of courses $175US
- Comprises approximately 40-50 hours of comprehensive theory modules and testing
- A minimum of 50 days of sailing in the past two years or which 25 days must have been as master of the vessel
- Pleasure Craft Operators Card (PCOC)
Already have all the experience and want your skills assessed? Check out our Bareboat Charter Master and SLC Challenge option.
Session Details:
- 5 days/4 nights live aboard on-water practical experience
- $1,845 per person (+hst) based on double occupancy
- Min 3 – Max 4 persons per session
Available Sessions
- Western Lake Ontario
- June 19 – 23, 2025
- Sept 11 – 15, 2025
- Women Only – PCYC to the 1000 Islands
- July 10 – 14, 2025
- 1000 Islands to PCYC
- July 24 – 28, 2025
- Sessions run Thurs 10am – Mon 4pm
International Sailing License & Credentials (SLC)
The International Sailing License and Credentials (SLC) is a recreational sailing license valid for all yacht charter companies worldwide, including Europe and the Seychelles.
To challenge the SLC and Bareboat Charter Master certifications, the candidate must successfully complete the NauticEd Bareboat Charter Master & SLC online theory courses, log at least 50 days of sailing, of which 25 must be as master of the vessel on boats of reasonably similar size, and demonstrate practical sailing skills according to internationally established sailing standards.
Session Details:
- 6 hour on-water practical assessment
- $900 per person (+hst)
- Min 2 – Max 4 persons per session
Fully Accredited NauticEd Training & Certification
NauticEd is the leading international and fastest-growing North American sailing and boating education company with a mission to educate and train competent sailors. NauticEd is recognized by the U.S. Coast Guard as conforming to the American National Standard for sailing training and assessment. NauticEd’s sailing license exceeds the United Nations (UNE) resolution 40 standards for yacht charter and is accepted by port authorities worldwide.
