RD 1188/2025 · from 1 Oct 2026
Two hours of theory and four of practical in the Port of Blanes.The same day you leave with the licence.
Six hours in the port.
A licence for life.
Notify me when you openWaiting list openopening expected soon
Your course, on your phone
These are real screens from the panel, with an example student. Your account and your code already work; the licence comes once we open and you take the course.
Your course, on your phone
These are real screens from the panel, with an example student. Your account and your code already work; the licence comes once we open and you take the course.
01Your account, from the day you sign up
Your details and your code in one place. The account already exists: you open it when you join the waiting list.
Your friend saves on the course.
You, on the water.
When you sign up to the waiting list we give you a code. Whoever signs up with it gets 10 % off when they take the course. Yours gets spent on the water: 10 % off boat hire at Costa Brava Rent a Boat that goes up with every friend and doesn't expire.
And if you have ever hired with us, you get the 10 % off the course with no code at all: we check it against your phone number.
Your discount at Costa Brava Rent a Boat, for life
- You, with the licence10 %
- With one friend20 %
- With two friends· the cap30 %
RD 1188/2025
From October 2026, hiring a boat requires a qualification
The Royal Decree requires anybody hiring a motor boat to hold a boating qualification. It is not paperwork for the company: it is the customer's. No qualification, no hire.
The Licencia de Navegación — the Spanish basic boating licence — is the short way to comply: a one-day course, no exam, and it covers exactly the part of the fleet that gets hired most.
A licence is a set of limits
This one's fit into four figures. None of them is a sales pitch: they are the ones the rules set.
- 6m
- Maximum length
- 2M
- Nautical miles from port
- 1 day
- How long the course takes
- 0
- Exams
Sunrise to sunset: the licence does not cover night sailing, and it covers motor boats only. Anything outside those four figures needs a different qualification. What you can hire with it, at Costa Brava Rent a Boat.
Licencia de Navegación
The one we teach
- Up to 2 nautical miles from a port or shelter
- Daylight sailing only
- Motor boats
- No exam: the school certifies and issues it
- 6 h of course in a single day
- From 18 (16 with consent from a parent or guardian)
From the same pontoon
The practical hours leave from the Port of Blanes, from the same base Costa Brava Rent a Boat operates out of. You learn where you will be sailing later, with the same buoys and the same harbour entrance.
Registered lengths
- Trimarchi 57S5,70 m
- Pacific Craft 6255,90 m
- Mingolla Brava 195,99 m
Come in the morning, leave with the licence
Six hours in a single day, in the Port of Blanes. The school certifies the training and issues the licence when you finish.
2 h
Theory
Safety, buoyage, weather and the rules you actually use two miles out. In person, on board the training boat.
4 h
Practical on board
Manoeuvring, helming and anchoring, with a skipper holding a professional qualification (PPER) — which is what the rules require to teach them.
The same day
Licence
The school certifies the training and issues the licence on its own responsibility. No exam, no exam dates, no waiting.
If you're here on holiday
Get the licence on day one and hire a boat for the rest of the week. You don't need to live in Spain: your passport is enough, and the course is also taught in English.
- MonCourse6 h
- TueBoat
- WedBoat
- ThuBoat
- FriBoat
- SatBoat
- SunBoat
What can actually be checked
Where we are
The school opens when the Generalitat authorises our training boat. That's why we give no date: it depends on an answer that isn't in our hands. Here is what we've done and what's left.
School notified to the Generalitat
· DoneThe school's prior notification has been filed and corrected.
Skipper with a valid qualification
· DoneThe person teaching the practical sessions holds a valid professional qualification.
The boat fits the licence
· DoneThe Generalitat has confirmed in writing that our training boat meets the length limit.
Getting the boat ready
In progressInsurance extended to training, radio identification and a tracking device: each with its own paperwork, and all three under way.
Request the boat's authorisation
· PendingOnce the boat is ready, we file the request with the Generalitat. Without this authorisation we can't open.
Answer and opening
· PendingIt's the only step whose timing we don't control. When it arrives, we'll email you.
3 of 6 steps done · Updated October 13, 2026
We can't sell you anything yet
We are going through the school's authorisation, so today there are no places, no course dates and no final price. Opening is expected soon. Leave us an email and you will be among the first to know when there is a date — nothing else.
Sign up before we open and you get 10 % off the course.
What we commit to
- One email, the day the first course has a date.
- The price, as soon as it is set. Today there isn't one.
- No sales calls, no newsletter, no third parties.
- We delete you the day you ask, by replying to that email.
The usual questions
Is there an exam?
No. The school certifies the training and issues the licence on its own responsibility, so there are no exam dates and no issuing fee.
Does it expire?
It doesn't expire. You get it once.
What can I skipper with it?
Motor boats up to 6 metres in length, up to 2 nautical miles from a port or shelter and in daylight only. Above that length you need the PER.
From what age?
From 18. At 16 and 17 too, with consent from a parent or guardian.
Do I need a medical certificate?
Yes: a medical fitness check at a driver medical centre, the same kind of centre where you renew a driving licence. It is valid for 2 years, the student pays for it and the school does not arrange it.
Can I book a place yet?
Not yet. There are no course dates and no places open: we are going through the authorisation process and we open soon. Leave us your email and we'll tell you as soon as there is a date.
Every question · Isn't your question here? A real person will answer.
Email usinfo@escolanauticablanes.com