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Canada: Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC) Valid for operating all recreational motorized vessels in Canada. No limit to the pleasure craft size or power that can be operated with the Canadian PCOC. Can be obtained online from a Transport Canada accredited Pleasure Craft Operator Card provider. [7] No limit to pleasure craft size or distance ...
An International Certificate of Competence (ICC) is a certificate that may be issued to anyone who has successfully completed certain national boating licenses or has passed an examination to prove the necessary competence for pleasure craft operation. ICC is the only sailing license approved by United Nations as a legitimate recreational ...
Sail Canada (formerly the Canadian Yachting Association) [1] is Canada's governing body for the sport of sailing. [2] Sail Canada is a "Member National Authority" of World Sailing . [ 3 ] Organization of sailing in Canada is divided into four groups: yacht clubs , Provincial Sailing Associations, class associations, and Sail Canada itself.
The United States Sailing Association (US Sailing) is the national governing body for sailing in the United States. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Bristol, Rhode Island , US Sailing is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization.
This is a list of sail codes for sailing yachts and the old codes, used until 1992 by the International Sailing Federation. Sail country codes must comply with World Sailing Racing Rules of Sailing. The Racing Rules of Sailing Appendix G1.2 specifies that national letters shall be clearly legible and of the same color. [1]
The RYA set up a committee to govern its training activities in 1967 and the Yachtmaster Qualifications Panel was set up in 1971. Training is carried out in 58 countries and there are in excess of 25,000 RYA instructors across the world, (although many of these Instructors are not Yachtmaster Instructors but instruct in other disciplines (such as dinghy sailing, windsurfing and power-boating).
The Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association of North America (ICSA) is a volunteer organization that serves as the governing authority for all sailing competition at colleges and universities throughout the United States and in some parts of Canada. It was founded in 1937 as the Inter-Collegiate Yacht Racing Association, and changed to it current ...
American Sailing is the predominant standards bearer and codifier in the arena of recreational sailing education in the Americas and beyond. The organization was founded in 1983 by television producer Lenny Shabes, who felt there was no recognized educational system in place to learn the sport of sailing.