The best nautical schools in Barcelona
Schools for sailing courses in Barcelona
These titles are classified according to the boat you want to sail with:
Navigation licence, Patrón de Navegación Básica (PNB), Patrón de Embarcaciones de Recreo (PER), Patrón de Yate or Capitán de Yate.
These official certificates allow you to sail vessels that meet the following requirements:
Sailing licence: boat with a maximum length of 6 metres, you can go a maximum of two nautical miles from the coast, there is no limit on engine power, you can only sail during the day and you can use jet skis but with a maximum power of 54 hp. Unlike the other titles, it does not require a theoretical exam, but it does require classes.
Basic Navigation Skipper (PNB): boat with a maximum length of 8 metres, you can sail a maximum of five nautical miles from the coast, there is no limit on engine power, you can sail day and night and you can use all types of jet skis.
Patrón de Embarcaciones de Recreo (PER): the PER licence allows you to sail a boat with a maximum length of 15 metres, you can sail a maximum of twelve nautical miles from the coast, there is no limit on engine power, you can sail day and night and you can use all types of jet skis.
Yacht Skipper: boat with a maximum length of 24 metres, you can sail a maximum of one hundred and fifty nautical miles from the coast, there is no limit on engine power, you can sail day and night and you can use all types of jet skis.
Yacht Captain: boat without length limit, there is no limit to the distance you can move away from the coast, there is no limit to the engine power, you can sail day and night and it allows the use of all types of jet skis.
Prices vary according to the title, and start from €125 upwards.
List of the best sailing schools in Barcelona
Escuela náutica Neptuno
Address: Port Olimpic de Barcelona, Moll de la Marina, 3
08005 Barcelona
Contact telephone number: 932 24 71 99
Website: www.neptuno.es
Located in the Olympic Port of Barcelona (Port de Barcelona), in this maritime school you can obtain any of the five qualifications in its theoretical and practical courses. You can take the courses online or in person, depending on your needs. And if you already have a certificate and only need sailing practice (motor or sailing), you can also do this. Among its services you will find the renewal and validation of the different qualifications and enrolment for a nautical exam.
Escola Port Barcelona
Address: Moll de la marina 11
08005 Barcelona
Contact telephone number: 932 21 03 80
Website: escolaportbarcelona.com
The Barcelona nautical centre, Escola Port Barcelona, has two centres in Barcelona, one in the Port Olímpic (Olympic Port) and the other in the Vila Olímpica (Olympic Village). In this school they offer the following professional courses: Port Skipper, PPER (Professional Recreational Boat Skipper), Restricted Operator GMDSS, General Operator GMDSS, Renewals and updates of titles and professional certificates. In addition, you can also obtain the following certificates related to the sea: Basic Safety Training, Basic Maritime Security Training, Initial Specific Health Training, Bridge Seaman, Passenger Vessels, Survival Craft and Non-Rapid Rescue Boats, Advanced Fire Fighting.
The maritime education centre has its own boats for the practical training required for graduation.
Yacht Point BCN
Address: Carrer de la Diputació, 238-244
08039 Barcelona
Contact telephone number: 930 04 57 07
Website: yachtpointbcn.com
Sports qualifications
Navigation Licence and Titulín, Basic Navigation Skipper, Pleasure Craft Skipper, Yacht Skipper and Yacht Captain.
Professional Maritime Training
Speciality certificates
Professional recreational boat skipper PPER, Basic Maritime Safety Training, Basic Maritime Protection Training, Passenger Vessels, Initial Specific Health Training, Advanced Fire Fighting, Non-fast rescue boats and survival craft, Fast rescue boats, Bridge Seaman, Automatic Radar Pointing Course (ARPA), Engineer Seaman.
Professional qualifications
Port Master Course, Restricted Radio Operator, General Operator of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System.
Updates
Updating of Basic Maritime Safety Training Certificate, Updating of Passenger Vessel Certificate, Updating of Advanced Fire Fighting Certificate, Updating of Non Fast Rescue Boat Certificate, Updating of Fast Rescue Boat Certificate, Updating of Harbour Master Certificate.
PPER Certificates
Basic Maritime Safety Training, Passenger Vessel Course, Restricted Radio Operator, Non Fast Rescue Boats and Survival Craft, Advanced Fire Fighting Course, Initial Specific Health Training.
Port Master Certificates
Basic Maritime Safety Training, Restricted Radio Operator, Initial Specific Health and Safety Training.
Escuela Náutica de Catalunya
Address: Carrer de la Diputació, 279
08007 Barcelona
Contact telephone number: 931 19 35 94
Website: www.enc.es
In addition to the qualifications we have mentioned, you can also take the PER course with specialities (PER on board and PER eXpress – intensive course) and for Yacht Skipper, the specialities Yacht Skipper on board and Yacht Skipper eXpress – intensive course. Interesting is the guarantee included in the course contract, where you are guaranteed to get your money back in case you don’t get a pass in the desired qualification (see the conditions of attendance and completion of exercises). The school has simulators for radio practice in the school itself, which is compulsory for recreational boating qualifications.