Can you rent a yacht in La Rochelle- do I need a license? The requirements.

Small boats (under a certain horsepower or length), electric boats, crewed yacht charters and gulet charters may not require a license. Larger boats or those with more powerful engines need a skipper’s license. Before you confirm your sailing trip to La Rochelle, please send us a copy and we will check it for you. You need to have the original copies on board, so don’t forget to take them.
To sail in France, one of the following qualifications is necessary: • ICC (International Certificate of Competence), International, with valid Navigational and VHF licenses Prerequisites: RYA “Day Skipper Course” or complete the ICC Assessment form to prove competence from previous experience.
If you do not have a skipper license, it is also possible to rent a yacht with a skipper

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The climate diagrams are based on 30 years of hourly weather model simulations. They give good indications of typical climate patterns and expected conditions (temperature, precipitation, sunshine, and wind). The “mean daily maximum” (solid red line) shows the maximum temperature of an average day for every month for La Rochelle. Likewise, the “mean daily minimum” (solid blue line) shows the average minimum temperature.

The wind rose for La Rochelle shows how many hours per year the wind blows from the indicated direction. The diagram for La Rochelle shows the days per month, during which the wind reaches a certain speed.

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