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We launch the first professional charter skipper course with COS.
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For years, yachting has lived somewhere between passion and profession.
Many sailors obtained a qualification, but few made the leap to a truly professional pleasure craft operation.
Today that reality is beginning to change.
In Julio Verne Náutica we launched with COS (Charter Operations Standard) the first professional charter skipper course developed from the needs of the current nautical sector.
A program created to train skippers prepared to work on pleasure boats, operate with autonomy and understand how the professional charter world really works.
The industry’s problem: degrees yes, professionals no
Today’s boating market needs more than just people who can get a boat from one point to another.
Charter companies, shipowners and clients are looking for profiles prepared to manage vessels, coordinate crews and ensure safe and professional experiences on board.
However, there is an obvious gap between obtaining a nautical qualification and knowing how to professionally operate a pleasure craft.
COS was created precisely to meet this need.
And it does so from the experience of skippers, instructors and companies that work daily in the sector.
As COS management explains:
“The market needed not only degreed skippers, but professionals who mastered a rigorous standard of operation.”
Navigation-based training
In Julio Verne Náutica we have been betting for years for an education based on practical experience, navigation and useful training for today’s nautical world.
Because learning to sail is not just about passing an exam.
It consists of developing autonomy, judgment and decision-making capacity on board.
That’s why this project fits perfectly with our philosophy.
The pilot course developed together with COS is aimed at sailors who want to take the leap into professional yachting and learn how the operation of a charter boat really works.
What will you learn in this professional charter skipper course?
The training is focused on work situations and skills that are rarely taught in traditional nautical training:
- Self-sufficient maneuvers.
- Professional management of vessels.
- Relationship with customers and shipowners.
- Organization of the onboard experience.
- Strategic route planning.
- Regulations and professional operation.
In short, a program designed to transform sport sailors into professionals prepared for today’s market.
The future of professional yachting
As Frank Moëller, COS founding partner, charter skipper and RYA instructor, explains:
“Today’s market is not looking for ship drivers, it’s looking for experience managers who are technically self-sufficient.”
This first course will also serve to validate a methodology that aspires to become a reference standard within the professional yachting industry.
From Julio Verne Náutica we will continue to support projects that connect nautical training with the needs of the sector.
Want to learn more? Find out all about it here.
Places are limited! Sign up for the course by clicking here.
Iván Pérez-Gándaras is CEO of Julio Verne Náutica and the main Director of the company's RYA Training Center. His vast experience is based on the highest nautical qualifications such as Yachtmaster without limits, STCW95 and RYA Yachtmaster Offshore with commercial endorsement. He has accumulated more than 20,000 ocean miles in deliveries and transatlantic crossings, in addition to 30,000 miles in scientific expeditions, including Antarctica and Newfoundland.
A trainer since 1993 and instructor of nautical qualifications since 2009, his background combines a solid technical background with exceptional practical experience. With a degree in Marine Biology from the University of Santiago de Compostela and World Champion in Dinghy Sailing (1989), his unique perspective ensures that Julio Verne Náutica's articles, training and charter services are delivered with the highest level of technical rigor and passion for the sea.
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