Mjolnir under way on blue water, seen from forward and above

The Program · Training

The 40-hour program.

Not a generic boating course. Every hour is spent aboard your vessel, on your systems, with your equipment — and every hour is logged.

40Total hours

25Hours underway

15Dockside & engine room

8Instructional modules

The flybridge lounge and helm deck aboard the 58 foot Viking

The program

Vessel-specific captain training & systems knowledge program

This training program is conducted exclusively aboard the subject vessel and is focused on developing a thorough working knowledge of the major mechanical, electrical, navigation, safety and auxiliary systems installed onboard. Instruction is practical and vessel-specific, emphasizing real-world operation rather than theoretical or regulatory coursework.

Through supervised on-water operation, dockside instruction and engine room familiarization, the operator is exposed to normal operating procedures, system monitoring, routine checks and common failure indicators. Emergency scenarios are reviewed to reinforce response sequencing, situational awareness and system isolation familiarity.

What the operator takes away — logged hours, system-by-system familiarization and the captain’s verification — is set out on the insurance & risk page, because that is where it is read.

Eight modules

Everything aboard, system by system

40 hours total — 25 hours of on-water instruction and 15 hours classroom, dockside and engine room.

Vessel Familiarization & Documentation2 hours

Main Propulsion & Engine Systems2 hours

Generator & Electrical Systems2 hours

Navigation & Electronics Systems2 hours

Vessel Control & Docking Systems3 hours on water

Safety & Emergency Systems2 hours

Plumbing, HVAC & Auxiliary Systems2 hours

On-Water Operations & Sea Trials25 hours

Module contents, system detail and the training log belong to the vessel. They are issued aboard to the owner and operator — they are not published here.

The areas

Where the hours are actually spent

Photographed aboard the subject vessel. The systems work happens where the systems are — at the helm, at the chart table and in open water.

The flybridge helm station aboard the 58 foot Viking, with twin helm chairs and the console

The helm

Where the hours start: the console, the electronics and the hands that have to run them without thinking.

Navigation & planning

Routes, depths, inlet timing, and the paper record an insurer can read.

Mjolnir's wake offshore, with the outrigger lines set

Sea trial & passage

The hours that turn knowledge into confidence — systems under load, in real water.

Mjolnir under way, seen broadside with her bow wake spreading

This is the way