Ready to take command in deep waters, extend your cruising range and master your yacht handling at the highest level? The ISSA Offshore Power Boat Skipper course is designed for experienced skippers (ages 18 and up) ready to push beyond coastal limits.
This is an intensive, 3-day live-aboard voyage into open waters (according to weather conditions), where trainees take direct command of the vessel under the guidance of a senior instructor. The goal is to experience long-distance offshore passages, manage changing sea conditions and lead a crew at open sea while navigating between selected marinas in Cyprus or anchoring in the island’s most beautiful bays.
The international license awarded upon completion authorizes you to operate motor vessels up to 24 meters in length, sailing up to 120 nautical miles from the coastline, during both day and night.
Course Details
Radio prerequisite: if you do not hold an SRC license, an integrated marine communication course will be conducted during the voyage as a mandatory requirement for certification.
Capacity: a maximum of 4 participants per group, to ensure real crew-management experience and personal attention.
Passing the test is a mandatory condition for receiving the certificate and offshore skipper license.
Designed for sailors who already hold a skipper licence (Inshore Power) and want to extend their sailing range and deepen their understanding of yachts in open water. Suitable from age 18 and up.
Three days — a long passage during which trainees take command of the vessel alongside the instructor, between selected marinas in Cyprus or anchoring in bays along the coast.
A motor vessel, up to 24 metres in length, up to 80 GT.
An ISSA international offshore skipper licence (Offshore Power) — extending the inshore licence to significantly greater sailing ranges.
The licence permits sailing up to 120 nautical miles from the coast, day and night. If you do not yet hold an SRC marine radio licence you will complete it during the voyage, as a mandatory condition for certification. It meets the requirements of the ICC standard (International Certificate of Competence), established under Resolution No. 40 of the UNECE Inland Transport Committee and officially recognised in some 22 countries, most of them in Europe. In practice the licence is also accepted by yacht charter companies, marinas and port authorities across the Mediterranean basin (including Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, Croatia, Italy and Spain), in the Caribbean and in South-East Asia. Read more in our article What is a skipper license.
The Offshore course extends the sailing range from 20 nautical miles (Inshore) up to 120 nautical miles from the coast, and includes the hands-on experience of a long passage with real command of the vessel.
Yes. The course is intended for sailors who already hold an Inshore Power Skipper licence and want to deepen their skills and extend their sailing range.
The course runs for three days, in a group of up to 4 students together with an instructor.
If you do not hold an SRC licence you will complete it during the voyage as part of the course — this is a mandatory condition for certification.
