The Basic Sailing Licence (Licencia de Navegación) is the first, easiest and fastest sailing qualification you can get. It requires a six-hour course on one of our sailing school boats where we teach you what you should and shouldn’t do at sea. There is no exam. We take you sailing for four hours and explain the theory in two hours. The basic sailing licence entitles you to sail by day within 2 miles of the coast, on boats of 6 metres or less. You will also be entitled to drive all jet-skis.
You’re only six hours away from being qualified to sail. Six short hours of fun practical training and basic theory aboard a yacht.

The basic skipper’s licence (PNB-Patrón de Navegación básica) entitles you to skipper boats up to 8m long, within 5 miles of the coast by day and night. This exam is also worth points in the Spanish civil service exams.

It involves a simple theory exam and an 8-hour practical (manoeuvres and safety) exam in a motor-powered boat which includes communicating via marine radio with our centre which is also an official, homologated, tourist-quality (T) approved sailing school and exam centre.

If you love the sea and want to learn more, or if you’re a fisherman or an aspiring long-distance sailor, the yachtmaster’s licence allows you to sail up to 150 miles from the coast while the yacht captain’s licence entitles you to sail anywhere you want on larger yachts.

At Navegavela, the mandatory 16 hours’ sailing practical is very comprehensive as students sail out of different ports and on different boats of varying lengths. You’ll get to explore the rugged Basque coast and drop anchor in beautiful, secluded coves.

Our practical courses are available all year round on scheduled dates or by private arrangement. With the help of our excellent instructors, you’ll learn to sail in all conditions on fully-equipped boats.

If, after you have completed the course, you still don’t feel confident enough to sail or rent a boat by yourself, you can get more practice by booking a further private or group sailing class with us.

The Super PER advanced practical course allows you to skipper 24-metre boats (as opposed to the 15-metre boats permitted by the PER licence) and to sail from mainland Spain to the Balearic Islands.

It’s a 24-hour, non-stop course where you’ll learn to sail in all conditions and at night (groups take turns at the helm). You’ll be shown how to chart a course and will carry out several abandonment exercises. We learn to inspect the boat carefully before setting sail, with a special emphasis the key points. We run night watches as we sail through the night, and if we are lucky, we’ll catch some fish for dinner.

Food and drinks on board are included.

All sailors must take a short-range radio operator course in order to be given a pleasure recreational vessel skipper’s (PER), yachtmaster’s or yacht captain’s licence.
The course only needs to be taken once and is valid for all the different sailing qualifications.

This certificate allows the holder to operate motor-powered recreational vessels up to 15m in length, within 12 miles of an accessible harbour or beach.

All recreational vessel skipper (PER) candidates must complete an approved short-range radio course and 16 hours of Basic Navigation and Safety practice on a motor-powered vessel.

For PER holders to be allowed to govern 24-metre vessels and sail from mainland Spain to the Balearic Islands, they must do the advanced (Super PER) 24-hour, non-stop sailing practical.

<h3>One week on board, SAIL AND LEARN</h3>

Live the experience of learning to sail living on board of a sailing boat and do the theoretical and practical course of the PER during one week on board of one of our school boats.

What does the course consist of?

We combine theory and practical classes, sleeping and living on board for a week. A unique experience with an intensive course living on board of a sailing boat for a week preparing for the theory exam of the Yachtmaster.

Can you think of a better place to study and learn?

Where does it take place?

On board a sailing boat with a professional skipper who teaches the theory classes and carries out the compulsory sailing practice to obtain the motor, radio and sailing licence.

Our school boat is perfectly equipped to live on board for a week.

What programme will we follow?

We sleep on board in port and after breakfast we have two hours of theory and then we go sailing!

If the conditions are good, we eat during the sailing, if not, we eat at anchor.

When we arrive in port, a small and well-deserved rest and another couple of hours of theory and a walk around the village, dinner… we are on holiday, right?

Safety and navigation, sailing and radio practice will be done during the course.

The student embarks for 6 days and 5 nights on board of our equipped sailing yachts to carry out the theoretical programme of the course and the safety, navigation and sailing practices. Sailing and you will also enjoy a beautiful crossing of the Cantabrian Sea, getting to know its fishing ports, marinas, coves and fishing ports, marinas, coves and anchorages.

This will give you the experience to be able to sail and live on board in the future.

When do we do the PER courses on board?

Easter, June, July and September.

Ask us for information without any obligation in our contact section or use this

telephone number: 648183037

The price includes:

• – Accommodation on board the boat in a double cabin.
• – Theoretical and practical classes given by the qualified skipper.
• – Didactic material.
• – Practical motor (16 hours) and sailing (16 hours).
• – Radio practice (12 hours).
• – Moorings, fuel, insurance and final cleaning.
• – Registration and title processing.

The price does NOT include:

• – Food and drinks on board for which a fees boat is made for all.
• – Examination fees.

<h3>One week on board, EXPANDING YOUR KNOWLEDGE</h3>

Live the experience of learning to sail by living on board a sailing boat and take the theoretical and practical YACHT SKIPPER ON BOARD course, broadening your nautical knowledge for a week on board one of our training boats.

What does the course consist of?

We combine theory and practical classes while sleeping and living on board for a week. A unique experience with an intensive course living on board a sailing boat for a week preparing for the Yacht Skipper theory exam.

Can you think of a better place to study and learn than in the middle of the sea?

Where does it take place?

On board a sailing boat with a professional skipper who teaches the theory classes and carries out the obligatory 48 hours of non-stop safety and navigation practice to obtain the certificate.

Our school boat is perfectly equipped to live on board for a week.

What programme will we follow?

During 6 days we will work on the different topics of meteorology, safety and charter.

During the crossing, we will work on the loxodromic course, the downwelling, the currents, the influence of the tides and the weather. We will learn how to use the radar and the sextant. We will plan the routes on a plotter with waypoints.

The student embarks for 6 days and 5 nights aboard our equipped sailboats to carry out the theoretical programme of the course and the obligatory safety and navigation practices. You will also enjoy a beautiful crossing of the Cantabrian Sea, getting to know its fishing ports, marinas, coves and anchorages.

This will give you the experience to be able to sail and live on board in the future.

When do we do the YACHT SKIPPER courses on board?May, June, July and September.

Ask us for information without any obligation in our contact section or use this telephone number: 648183037

The price includes:

• Accommodation on board the boat in a double cabin.
• Theoretical and practical classes given by the qualified skipper.
• Didactic material.
• Practical motor (16 hours) and sailing (16 hours).
• Radio practice (12 hours).
• Moorings, fuel, insurance and final cleaning.
• Registration and title processing.

The price does NOT include:

• Food and drinks on board for which a fees boat is made for all.
• Examination fees.