Sea captain#Skipper
As skipper (of Low German Schipper / Middle Low German schipper, schip here, ship Lord ' ) refers to the responsible Boat or ship leader in recreational boating, colloquially also in commercial shipping. The skipper civil and criminal responsibility for the safety of ship and crew. A skipper is not necessarily the owner (owners) of the ship or be employed for this task; it is enough that the crew agree on a skipper. Also he does not have to control the ship itself. Before starting out, however, must be established and documented in the logbook, which person takes over the ship's officers. A skipper must be in possession of the necessary in each case for the trade and the type of boat qualifications as boat licenses and wireless bills.
Ships under German flag
Hobby skippers
On inland waters in Germany, the skipper or sports boat driver needs a boating license inland, on the German maritime waterways and coastal waters of the so-called 3 -mile one Sportbootführerschein See if the engine performance of the boat 11.03 kW ( 15 hp ) exceeds. The SBF internal (simply pleasure boats) not up to a length overall (LOA ) to 15.00 m, which means you can run a sports boat to 14.99 m, but one of 15.00m only for non-commercial use boats more. However, it may be adopted by communities of local rules, even at lower engine driving licenses with the drive area of the municipality demand or vice versa unlicensed driving areas can be explained. The skipper must therefore make ever previously acquainted with all that required in the driving area and is needed because ignorance is no excuse. Driving without the appropriate boat license attracts the same consequences as driving without a driving license. If a radio is on board, the skipper needed for the necessary certificate ( UBI, SRC, LRC).
A skipper training is an additional, voluntary practical training for skippers of sailing or motor - sports boats, but is often necessary and sometimes downright indispensable.
Commercial skipper
The term skipper may represent an Occupation, when he refers to the commercial control of vessels. Commercial means here that the skipper a salary or fee gets for his work. Also paid skippers of charter yachts without training intention count for commercial recreational boating.
Commercial Skipper on ships under German flag always be under the protection of the law and must seaman by the employer at the Professional Association for Transport Economics (formerly: SeeBG ) reported and a social security scheme. Commercial Skipper on pleasure boats had been in Germany, and on recreational boats under German flag world, owner of Sportseeschifferscheins ( shipping area worldwide to 30 nm of the coast ) and the sports deep sea skipper certificate ( unlimited trading area ) for the corresponding type of yacht to be. Recently, extends to 12 nautical miles of the sport coastal certificate.
Skipper on training ships
For commercially-operated training vessels, such as sailing or motorboat schools and associations, is considered according SeeSpbootV above scheme, although here the economic benefits of the training center is often in the foreground. On inland waterways and, in exceptional cases, in the coastal area to 3 nautical miles will require training as skipper hobby skippers only prescribed for the trade compulsory licenses.
Skipper on commercially operated vessels
Commercial is a watercraft when it is operated with the intention of an economic profit. This is particularly true for passenger, commercial and fishing ships ( merchant ship ). Such vessels may be performed only by a holder of a maritime patent.