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 Boat licenses
The boat license: options and extensions

Options

Since January 1, 2008, the boating license is available in 2 options:

Coastal

for navigation limited to 6 miles from a shelter. This permit is required for access to the Diving Monitorat.

This license allows you to drive a pleasure boat with a motor power of over 4.5 kilowatts at sea and on the
lakes or closed bodies of water, up to 6 miles from shelter, or about 12 kilometers.

To operate a pleasure boat beyond these distances, in addition to the COASTAL option, one must possess the extension
sailor.

The coastal option license is also required to operate a motorized watercraft (VNM), such as a
motorboating or a jet ski. It allows for use only during the day and within 2 nautical miles of a shelter, that is
approximately 3.7 km.
However, provided that you are at least 16 years old, it is possible to drive a VNM without a license in certain cases.
notably on board a leisure vessel of over 24 meters with a permanent professional crew including
a specifically trained captain.
On the other hand, it is not necessary to pilot a sailboat at sea.

Option 'Internal Waters'

for navigation on lakes or rivers on boats under 20 meters.

 Extensions

Each option, Coastal or Inland Waters, includes an extension:

"Hauturière" extension, for navigation without distance limits.

For the 'Offshore' extension, the candidate must pass a 1h30 theoretical exam on navigation, tides,
meteorology and regulation

Extension 'Large river pleasure': for navigation on lakes or rivers with boats, without length limits.

For the extension 'Large river leisure' candidates must be at least 18 years old and complete practical training.
with a mandatory minimum duration of 9 hours on a boat that is at least 20 meters long.

With a boat license, can I navigate in inland waters?

You can navigate on lakes and closed water bodies. For example, you can navigate on the Duc Lake.
Ploërmel which is closed but you cannot navigate on Lake Guerlédan because you can get out of it, you need the
inland waters boating license.

In the estuaries, you can navigate to the maritime limit. For example, the Vilaine is considered as
maritime up to Redon, the Seine up to Rouen; beyond that, you need the inland waterway license.
 Navigation zones

Modifications since March 11, 2008

3 pleasure boating zones:

Basic: less than 2 miles from a shelter

Coastal zone: from 2 to 6 miles from shelter

Offshore zone: more than 6 miles from shelter

2 pleasure boating licenses:

Permiscôtier less than 5 miles from a shelter

Permishauturier: over 5 thousand

What is matelotage?
It is art:
-to use the rigging, the movable gear (pulleys, hoists, hooks, mooring lines) of a boat,
to know how to make the different maritime knots,
- to work with the different ropes and cables (splicing, making a loop, etc. etc...)

Some terms to know

To shock: to let go of a line, a mooring line by slowly easing it out little by little, upon request.
To seize: to quickly and in large handfuls take up the slack of a rope.
Tighten: to pull strongly on a rope to tension it (for example when hoisting a sail) and immobilize it.
Hold on: stop an ongoing maneuver (stretch it), do not go any further in what we are doing.
Souquer: to pull firmly on a rope to bring it closer to oneself

An expression:
pull on the dead wood... or pull firmly on the oars (a landlubber would say the... paddles !!!!)
The "type" mooring of a boat
This is a complete mooring (thus with maximum safety) along
from a dock.
Depending on the case (very mild weather, very sheltered port from the wind, from the swell...)
Some moorings may not be installed, such as guardrails.
amounts before and after.
Coupling mooring
The mooring on catway
Mooring on a pendant or on a buoy (or
chest)
The ship is held at the front (or at the back) by a pendant, a chest or by one or more
anchors. It is held at the back (or at the front) by mooring lines fastened to bollards, cleats
or ropes. The mooring lines can be crossed to secure the back (or the rear) of the
boat.

Pendille

Rope or chain remaining at the post

long of the quay and which is connected to a chain
mother, serving to hold the boat at the front
in the case of a stern mooring at the dock
or conversely). This is the most common case
frequent in the Mediterranean. If the pendulum
is a large diameter chain, the most
the practice is to pass a mooring line to
the inside of a link to pick oneself up again
on the peg.

Chest
Floating buoy (more or less large)
strongly linked to a dead body.
 The bowline knot

1 2 3

Turn a maneuver on a cleat

1 2 3 4
 A dead tour and two half keys

1 2 3 4

It is a secure and easy knot to tie. It allows for quick and effective mooring.
A dead tour and two half keys have never been missing.

Two half cleats for lashing (referred to as a bowline knot by the earthlings)

1 2 3
ò The half serrated keys

1 - we take a tour 3 - we'll get through this half

death and we pass the 2 – we form a half key on top of the post
key
cord under the frame mooring
 Loving a piece correctly

1 2 3 4

Beyond the question of aesthetics, the correct lashing of a rope is primarily a matter of safety.
dragging on the boat's deck can be a source of accidents) and quick and problem-free use in
in case of need.

How to knot a mooring line

on a bollard, a post already occupied
!

1 - Simple anchoring on an anchor

or floating anchorage The avoidance zone
2 - Anchoring with a front anchor and a rear anchor

3 - The straddling
4 - The tail assembly
The anchorage with mooring line
To avoid abandoning your anchor stuck on the bottom (rocks, cables, moorings of others), you
You can strike a piece on the end of the anchor. By pulling on this line, the pull will be in the opposite direction to that
exercised by the chain, and the anchor will release.
First method: This end is connected to a buoy.
Second method: You can replace the buoy by tying the line to the chain or higher on the line. It does not
do not make this knot, anchor on board, guaranteed entanglement. The difficulty for arriving at the anchorage will therefore be
to stop the descent of the chain, then tie the rope and finally let the line run. The reverse operation will need to be done.
at the time of departure.
At anchor, always monitor the weather.
The barometer and the sky, the CROSS, (VHF), while monitoring channel 16 which announces the broadcast of
regular bulletins and BMS on channels 79 or 80. In case of worsening weather, go you
shelter either in a port with easy access or in a place protected from all winds and the
like the river estuaries. If none are close, don't hesitate:
Set sail and win the open sea where your boat will perform better with water to run in than being held in.
leave near the coast which is enemy number one in case of bad weather.
 The Beaufort Scale
Average speed Average speed Observations on
Beaufort scale Descriptive term Observations at sea
in nodes in km/h earth

0 Calm <1 <1 The sea is like a One does not feel any
mirror wind; the smoke rises
vertically.
1 Very light breeze 1 to 3 1 to 5 Some wrinkles in We feel very little of the
fish scale wind; its direction is
but without any revealed by the smoke
foam that it leads to, but
not by the weather vanes.
2 Light breeze 4 to 6 6 to 11 Short waves The wind is perceived at
to the ridges face; the leaves
of a glassy appearance, quiver, the
not crashing weather vanes turn.
3 Little breeze 7 to 10 12 to 19 Very small waves Light flags
(about 60 cm of are deployed; the
high); the ridges leaves and branches
starting to are constantly
to surge, the sheep agitated.
appear
4 Pretty breeze 11 to 16 20 to 28 Small waves The wind lifts the
stretching, sheep dust, the leaves
numerous and the pieces of
paper, he acts them
small branches; the
hair are
the disturbed
clothes flap.
5 Good breeze 17 to 21 29 to 38 Moderate waves The eyes are uncomfortable
(2 m high) through the subjects in
significantly elongated; the air; the bushes in
a lot of leaves begin to
sheep; sea spray to balance; some
ripples are forming
on the bodies of water.
 Average speed Average speed Observations in
Beaufort Scale Descriptive term Observations on Earth
in nodes in km/h sea

5 Good breeze 17 to 21 29 to 38 Moderate waves The eyes are irritated.

(2 m high), by the subjects in
markedly elongated; the air; the shrubs in
a lot of leaves start to
moutons ; embruns to balance; some
wavelets are forming
on the bodies of water.

6 Cool breeze 22 to 27 39 to 49 Blades are forming, The sleeves are

the foam crests inflated by the sides,
white stretch; the use of
more spray umbrellas become
difficult; the big ones
branches are shaking,
the sons of the lines
electrical make
to hear a
whistling.
7 Fresh food 28 to 33 50 to 61 The sea is rising in The march against the
breaking waves; wind is becoming annoying;
the foam begins to the trees are shaking
to be blown away in entirely.
trails in the bed of the
vent
8 Gust of wind 34 to 40 62 to 74 The blades reach The march against the
a height of the order the wind is very difficult;
of 5 m; whirlwinds the wind breaks some
of foam at the crest of branches.
blades, trails
of foam
9 Strong wind 41 to 47 75 to 88 Big blades The children are
crashing in waves, overturned; the wind
spouts of spray tear off the pipes of
torn from the blades, chimneys and
nice trails damages them
of foam; visibility roofs.
reduced by the
sea spray
 Average speed Average speed Observations on
Beaufort scale Descriptive term Sea observations
in nodes in km/h earth

10 Storm 48 to 55 89 to 102 Very large blades (Rarely observed at

breaking waves (9 m of .) Adults are
foam on upturned; the trees
large banks forming are uprooted, the
trails habitations undergo
whites; visibility important
reduced by the damages.
spray
11 Violent storm 56 to 63 103 to 117 Breaking waves Extensive ravages.
of a height Very rarely
exceptional; sea observed on land
foam cover
blanche ; visibilité
reduced
12 Hurricane 64 and above 118 and more Breaking waves Disastrous ravages:
huge (the hollows violence and destruction.
reach 14 m), sea (In principle, degree
completely white; not used
air full of foam and
of spray; visibility
very reduced

The weather reports (displayed in harbormasters' offices, broadcasted on VHF, etc., etc.) are
ALWAYS referenced according to the BEAUFORT scale, and this worldwide
whole for a unique understanding by all the sailors of the world.