Taking My T


HIs year heralds a new beginning for my wife Ginny and I as we are about to


embark on a long term cruise in our yacht, across the Channel to France and through the French canals via Paris to the Mediterranean. As it transpires one of the key requirements for this trip is the skipper (me) must be able to prove some boating capability when visiting European waters including inland waters. In order to show this ability


skippers must possess an International


Certificate of Competence. This can either be added to an existing equivalent or higher qualification or sailors can achieve an ICC assessment through a RYA recognised training centre. To navigate the European inland waterways, a Code Européen des Voies de Navigation Intérieure, or CEVNI as it is better known, is also needed. I have been messing about on the


water since 1977 when I was a military boat coxswain. Since then I have helped friends deliver yachts, crewed


Sailing Exam BY CARL FARRELL


on some amazing boats and spent the past seven years cruising around the South Coast in our own vessels. More recently I have driven the


Dart Harbour yacht taxi and worked on one of the castle ferries. I felt my past sailing experience has


given me a broad practical knowledge so I decided to opt for the ICC assessment on our own yacht, Leonie. Having already gained my Day


Skipper Theory qualification through the Brixham-based South West Marine Training, it was logical to contact them to carry out the ICC assessment.


South West Marine Training


• A wide range of practical & RYA courses to help you develop or improve your skills skippering or crewing sailing yachts or power and motor boats


• RYA shore-based courses including First Aid, VHF or sea survival to Day Skipper or Yachtmaster qualifications • Yachts available for charter


• Join us in a 12 week experience of a lifetime sailing around the British Isles


Brixham Marina, Brixham, TQ5 9BW www.southwestmarinetraining.co.uk


01803 853 843


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