Create a mileage certificate from your trips, have it signed by the skipper, and follow your progress towards a licence.
A mileage certificate is a PDF of your trips for a sailing licence. It lists every trip with its boat, date, hours, distance, night hours and tidal waters, followed by the totals, your details and the skipper's signature. Mileage certificates are part of Manta Pro.
Creating a certificate
- Open Settings → Mileage certificates and tap “New certificate”. Or select trips in your trips list and tap the certificate button.
- Choose the person the certificate is for and their role on board. The role applies to all trips on the certificate, so different roles need separate certificates.
- Select the trips and create the certificate.
The certificate is saved as a draft, and a draft follows later changes to its trips. It needs the person's name, date of birth and address. Your own details come from Settings → My details.
The skipper
One skipper confirms each certificate. Manta takes the skipper from the crew of each trip. If a trip has no skipper yet, swipe the trip in the draft and add its crew. Trips with different skippers become one certificate per skipper.
The skipper's card needs a name, licence, contact and address.
Signing
A draft can be signed in two ways:
- “Sign with the skipper”: the skipper signs with a finger or the Pencil on your iPhone or iPad.
- “Export to print and sign by hand”: the PDF has an empty line for an ink signature.
Examiners decide whether they accept a signature drawn on a device, so ask first if you are unsure.
Signed certificates
A signed certificate is locked, and later changes to its trips do not affect it. It can be shared, printed or deleted. Deleting it also removes the signature, so the skipper would have to sign again.
Certificates sync through iCloud and are included when you export your logbook.
Licence goal
Under Settings → Mileage certificates, choose the licence you are working towards under “Goal”: SKS, SSS, RYA Day Skipper, RYA Coastal Skipper, RYA Yachtmaster Coastal or RYA Yachtmaster Offshore. Manta then shows how far your miles, days and night hours have come. The figures are the published minimums, and the examiner makes the decision.
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