Instructor self-study
Instructor Modules
Built from the IYT Bareboat Skipper framework to close the two biggest theory gaps before your knowledge review with Jon. Each module is a self-paced class with interactive visuals and an exam-standard knowledge check (75% to pass).
Small Powerboats & RIBs
Dinghy and engine types, starting drills and fault-finding, prop-walk, stability and trim, beaching, trailer launch and recovery, crash stops and towing with a bridle.
Boat Handling Under Power
Wind, tide and current on a boat with no brakes — coming alongside, springing off a dock in every wind, twin screws and trim tabs, planing, heavy weather and mooring pick-ups.
Basic Sails & Sailing
How sails generate drive, standing vs running rigging, points of sail with an interactive trim wheel, winches and deck hardware, the sail wardrobe, reefing and sail materials.
Basic Meteorology
Sources & forecasts, air masses & fronts, sea/land breeze, katabatic winds, the Beaufort scale, clouds, tropical systems, fog and thunderstorms.
Short Passages — Heavy Weather & Fog
Heavy-weather prep and tactics, lee shores and line squalls, heaving to, sea anchors vs drogues, fog procedure, harbour entrances, passage planning and anchorage selection.
Compasses & Magnetism
How the magnetic compass works, the three norths, variation and deviation, the TVMDC drill for applying error, magnetic anomalies and the hand bearing compass.
Charts, Chartwork & Basic Navigation
Chart publishers and colours, plotting instruments, the navigator's vocabulary, dead reckoning and estimated positions, two and three-point fixes, the cocked hat, running fixes and clearing lines.
Tides & Currents
Spring/neap, datums, rule of twelfths and clearance maths — plus a Lake Ontario water-level addendum (IJC / IGLD), Canadian Hydrographic tide tables, and Navionics.
Aids to Navigation & Buoyage
What IALA is, the lateral system and the Region A vs B difference, cardinal marks, isolated-danger, safe-water, special and emergency-wreck marks, and light characters.
About these modules
Built from the IYT Bareboat Skipper notes to close the theory gaps flagged in the cross-mapping and to prep for Jon's knowledge review. Meteorology and Tides were the weakest coverage in the current Sail Canada delivery; Buoyage is one of the three "Complete"-depth modules and adds the IALA Region A content neither venue can show live. Each is written to work as both instructor self-study and a student module. More can follow the same template (Nav Lights, Heavy Weather, COLREGs).
Collision Regulations
The rules of the road at DOK Complete: definitions, lookout and safe speed, every give-way relationship with a scenario trainer, Rule 19 in fog, lights and day shapes, and the sound signals.
Navigation Lights
The six lights and their arcs, powerboat and sailboat configurations by length, anchor lights, motor-sailing rules — and a night-identification trainer on a dark horizon.
Basic First Aid
Hypothermia and cold water shock, HELP and huddle positions, the ABC/CPR sequence with a step-through drill, bleeding and shock, burns, heart attack and stroke, drowning, choking, CO poisoning and the PAN-PAN call.
Responsibilities of the Skipper
Skipper vs Captain, legal responsibilities and the duty to render assistance, the pre-departure briefing drill, common courtesy, duty of care, watches and actions after a collision — plus a searchable glossary of the whole course.