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Croatian bases won't hand over the keys without both originals—not photocopies or scanned images ",{"_type":22,"source_id":27},"src-2",{"text":29,"_type":14},".",{"text":31,"_type":32,"level":33},"Skipper Licence Requirements","heading",2,{"_type":10,"children":35},[36,38,39,41,43,45,46],{"text":37,"_type":14},"Croatia accepts: ICC (International Certificate of Competence), RYA Day Skipper Practical, ASA 104 plus 105, US Sailing Bareboat Cruising, Sportküstenschifferschein, and a few others ",{"_type":22,"source_id":23},{"text":40,"_type":14},". Here's the catch: if you're coming from outside the EU—including the UK post-Brexit—you need your home country licence plus an ICC ",{"_type":22,"source_id":42},"src-3",{"text":44,"_type":14},". Neither alone is enough. And if you only have ASA 104, some Croatian operators will accept it with a sailing CV, but others demand the ICC endorsement too ",{"_type":22,"source_id":27},{"text":47,"_type":14},". 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