Licenciamento

West Coast - Serviços e Eventos Náuticos Lda is a Touristic Operator licensed by the Tourism of Portugal and a “Training Organization for the Nautical Recreation” certified by the IPTM (Instituto Portuário e dos Transportes Marítimos).

The License Permit awarded under the Touristic Animation Nacional Agents Registration (Tourism of Portugal - RNAAT) means that our vessels are inspected annually, that have all the safety equipment suitable to their comercial activity and the insurances coverage required by law are properly respected.

Certification attributed by the IPTM means also that our Navigation School is certified to teach the courses leading to a Boating License (Basic, Local and Coastal Skipper).

We have also the most prestigious recognition by the Royal Yachting Association that allows us to teach the schemes “Sail Cruising” (from the Start Yachting to Yachtmaster) and “Powerboat” (Level 1 and Level 2).

Insurances
Safety

Insurances

Vessels in which we operate, whether with private clients whether on corporate events, have the insurances adequate to the touristic activities that goes far beyond the minimum requisites demanded by the Portuguese law.

This way, you can always count on the following minimum coverages:

Civil Responsibility: 3 000 000 euros;

Personal Injuries: 60 000 euros;

On every activity that you take with our company, and in case you consider that the insurances coverage are not sufficient for your specific case, you may request specific additional coverages for your case. Contact us to get more information about our insurances coverage.

Safety

What means safety of our equipments and procedures? It means that:

We have and respect an internal “Safety Policy” according to the International Standards, that is known and respected by all our staff;

We train regularly emergency maneuvers like for example the man overboard and the use of the emergency wheel;

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We maintain a stable instructors team and with regular training, that includes the courses “Sea Survival” and “First Aid”. Annually we take an internal training, with a theoretical and practical component, where we discuss issues related to safety at sea and our procedures;

Our vessels are inspected annually by the local Captaincy (IPTM) inspectors and also by a RYA inspector. We know that we can be inspected by surprise at any time;

Our vessels have safety equipments always above to the required by law. For example our boats, even the ones of coastal navigation, have pneumatic liferafts with equal or superior capacity to the boats;

All vessels have automatic inflatable lifejackets with harness and lifeline (beyond the normal lifejackets). We use and teach to use the lifejackets on board and it’s mandatory to use them. Our inflatable lifejackets are reviewed annually on a certified service station;

All our vessels have lifelines installed and we make use of them;

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All our vessels have systems to recover a person in case of a man overboard;

Our boats have fixed VHF with DSC;

We check permanently the state of our equipments in every single detail according to a preventive maintenance plan. This includes a regular inspection on masts and fixed appliance, stove inversion tests, revision of the inflatable lifejackets on a certified service station amongst others.