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Sportküstenschifferschein (SKS)

Coastal skipper certificate

The coastal skipper certificate (SKS) in Germany, a recreational sailing qualification that charter companies demand.

The exam

Set by
Examination committees of the DSV and DMYV, the German sailing and motor-yachting associations
The paper
Written theory on navigation, seamanship, weather and law, with open questions from a published catalogue, plus a practical sailing test
How it is sat
Monthly; no course is required beforehand
Where
Germany, in German

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