Holders of this certificate are qualified to skipper a sailboat on any coastal passage within 40 nautical miles of the coast by day or night.

The Coastal Skipper course covers the following topics & runs for a period of 5 days.

• Charts & Nautical Terms
• Navigation
• Navigation Disciplines on a Coastal Run
• Pilotage
• GPS
• Radar AIS and Collision Avoidance
• Other Navigational Instruments
• Tides & Tidal Streams
• Radio & GMDSS
• Colregs
• IALA Buoyage
• Night Sailing Fog & Collision Avoidance
• Handling a Boat Under Power
• Sail Trim & Theory of Sailing
• Man Overboard
• Weather
• Anchoring
• Safety & Emergencies at Sea
• Vessel Seaworthiness
• Diesel Engines
• Heavy Weather Sailing
• Coastal Passage Planning
• Local Knowledge
• First Aid Local Knowledge and Legal.