PADI Totally Justifies Sailing Fun

June 28, 2017
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Last Updated on January 22, 2025 by Candice Landau

In accordance with the PADI Divemaster Manual (page 165 to be precise), there are six skills outside of diver training that will make you more valuable to the dive industry. Guess what skill number one is? Hint: it has something to do with boats…

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Licensed boat captain. Any training and experience with large vessels goes a long way, with captain the most valuable. People who can skipper a boat and supervise divers have high value for dive resorts, dive charter boat operations and liveaboard dive boats.

I guess I OFFICIALLY have an excuse to keep doing boat things. What an onerous chore…

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Candice Landau

I'm a PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer, a lover of marine life and all efforts related to keeping it alive and well, a tech diver and an underwater photographer and content creator. I write articles related to diving, travel, and living kindly and spend my non-diving time working for a scuba diving magazine, reading, and well learning whatever I can.

Candice Landau

About Candice

In 2016 I learned to dive. It changed my life. Since then I've traveled to dozens of countries; I've learned to face fears; I've found community. Now I want you to join me. Discover scuba's transformational powers for yourself, and the other 70% of our blue planet.

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