Lake Constance boat licence - take the exam

You can register for the theoretical and practical test directly at the relevant district office.

You can register with the Lindau district office using an application form, which is available on the homepage. You can register online at the district offices of Constance and Bodenseekreis in Friedrichshafen.

Please note: You do not have to attend a sailing school or a yacht club Yacht club for the licence. However, attendance is recommended. The examnusually take place weekly in the summer months.

You can usually register for the practical examination by telephone at the district office and arrange the examination date and location.

For the practical examination

• you must provide an authorised, patentable boat of the relevant propulsion type,
• a licence holder must be on board as the skipper and
• the boat must be authorised for at least three people.

Note: If, for example, you have a "Sportbootführerschein Binnen" or "Sportbootführerschein See", you may be exempt from the practical examination. The exemption depends on whether your certificates of competence are anercan be recognised.

Recognition of other certificates of competence:

Holders of

• of the DSV-A licence, issued until 31.03.1989, or
• the recreational craft licence with the scope of inland waterways under sail or
• the recreational coaster licence

the practical sailing boat examination and the theoretical sailing questions are recognised.

Holders:

• of the recreational boating licence with the scope of maritime waterways or inland waterways under engine or
• the recreational coaster licence

the practical motorboat examination is recognised.