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Charter Approval

Club Nautique has a thorough charter approval process. Our goals are to ensure that everyone who charters our boats has a safe and satisfying experience on the water, while feeling comfortable that our boats are being properly handled and cared for. Safely skippering a boat requires both skill and knowledge. This skill and knowledge can be gained through classes–such as those offered by Club Nautique–or through your own experience.

Overview of Our Approval Process

Club Nautique offers an approval process designed to recognize the knowledge and experience of boaters who received their training elsewhere or who learned on their own. These are the steps in that process:

1) Resume Submission
2) Phone Interview
3) On-the-Water Checkout

The steps begin with you submitting your sailing or powerboating resume using the links below. After we get your resume we will call you to conduct a short (15 minute) phone interview. During the interview you will be asked questions designed to quickly establish your level of knowledge, training and experience. At the end of the interview we will recommend the best path for you to gain charter approval.

Checkouts

If we determine that the experience represented on your resume and the knowledge demonstrated in the interview are consistent with chartering boats of the requested size, we will then schedule a checkout for you.

Checkouts consist of on-the-water skill and knowledge testing at a level that is consistent with the size and complexity of the boats to be chartered. In general, a candidate should meet the same standards as a person with US SAILING certification at the equivalent level. Checkouts normally take three to four hours. Club Nautique offers checkouts at the following approval levels:

Approval Level	Qualifies you to charter...
Basic Keelboat	Sailboats up to 26'
Basic Cruising	Sailboats up to 34'
Bareboat Cruising	Sailboats up to 44'
Basic Powerboat Cruising	Powerboats up to 32'
Inshore Powerboat Cruising	Powerboats up to 40'
Twin Screw Powerboat Cruising	Powerboats up to 44'

Club Nautique does not offer checkouts for the use of our catamaran or for offshore approval. These approvals are only given upon completion of the relevant Club Nautique classes.

See Checkout Criteria

Get US SAILING Certification

Get US POWERBOATING Certification

Fees

Both members and non-members are eligible to use checkouts for gaining charter approval. Checkouts are free for members. The fees for non-member checkouts vary, based upon the approval level being sought. Checkout fees are non-refundable and Club Nautique does not promise or guarantee approval from a checkout. Upon successful completion of a checkout, a non-member can apply 50% of the checkout fee towards a future charter.

 

Policy

Checkouts are performed by licensed skippers and generally require advanced scheduling.

Effective November 2009 – On-the-water checkouts are mandatory for all persons wishing to receive or upgrade their charter approval for Club Nautique boats without going through our normal training process.

 

 

Submit Sailing Resume             Submit Powerboating Resume

 

 

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