Bareboat Charter Master | Instruction, Certification & Licensing

The skills and experience to master your own journeys – Multiday, Near Coastal, and Charter-Ready

Looking to skipper your own yacht on a sailing vacation, or advance your skills to multiday and near-coastal sailing? Capt. Josh offers personalized bareboat certification training designed for individuals, couples, and families who want to go beyond the basics and truly be ready to cruise and charter. You’ll gain hands-on skills, confidence with theory-knowledge, experience, and competence that meet international bareboat requirements.

Bareboat means you’re ready to safely skipper a large keelboat or catamaran without a hired captain. It’s your ticket to freedom for cruising locally or chartering in the world’s top sailing destinations.

Bareboat instruction and certification is much more than just chartering – it’s learning how to competently sail large sailboats near coastal for multiple days, with varying weather conditions and navigational challenges, and meanwhile mastering a variety of docking and anchoring techniques (including Med Mooring while overseas).

A Bareboat Charter Master is someone who excels at all essential near-coastal and multiday sailing roles. For example, you’ll need to be a competent skipper, sail trimmer, navigator, engineer, electrician, plumber, and even chef – all while confidently leading a crew of family and friends with knowledge, experience, and skill.

Bareboat certification is demonstrating your real-world readiness and competence, not just passing a test! Capt. Josh is focused on training you to be competent in three distinct areas: (1) theory and knowledge, (2) practical skills, and (3) experience.

Bareboat Charter Master certification is through NauticEd, which Capt. Josh supports because it is the best and most effective comprehensive “competency-based” standard and system in the industry. This gives you the confidence that your training not only meets USCG American National Standards and methods, but also translates into getting an international license (SLC) if you want to charter in the Caribbean, Mediterranean, or anywhere worldwide.

The International Sailing License and Credentials (SLC) is a recreational sailing license valid for all yacht charter companies worldwide, including Europe and the Seychelles. The SLC-p is the power boat equivalent. To gain an SLC, the candidate must take online theory knowledge self-paced classes, log sufficient boating experience, and demonstrate practical skills according to internationally and US Coast Guard established boating standards. Learn more about the SLC >

Capt. Josh offers the SLC in 2 formats:

1. As part of a multiday training course, whether as private instruction or as part of an instructional charter.
2. A stand-alone pass/fail assessment – usually a day, unless additional preparation is needed.

Do you have the skills for an international license? Take the NauticEd SLC Self Assessment to see if you qualify or need additional training. Copy Capt. Josh (email josh@jrsailinged.com) to share the results and discuss training options.

Start by discussing your sailing goals and experience

Contact Captain Josh to discuss your sailing goals, past training, and experience – so that Captain Josh can tailor the training to your needs.

Begin the online theory-knowledge courses immediately!

Online knowledge-theory courses have been proven in education and business to be more effective than traditional means, and NauticEd’s online courses are best-in-class in boating. A big advantage is that you can begin immediately, giving you more time to prepare and, most importantly, spend more time on the water to train practical boating skills.

On-water Training, Assessment & Certification

Captain Josh’s on-the-water training is focused on the application of knowledge-theory and skills building. The training is tailored to your needs and goals, including an emphasis on hands-on sailing experience, seamanship, and competence.

Certification is optional and includes a thorough assessment of your skills, safety, and overall competence for each level. Capt. Josh can assess while training, or you can schedule an assessment.