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Boating is fun..We'll show you how

A unit of United States Power Squadrons'®

 

 

 

America's Boating Course

2012

2013
City Day Spring Fall Spring Fall
Antioch Wednesdays        
Walnut Creek Thursdays        
Antioch - Bridge Marina Yacht Club  Saturdays        
Martinez Saturdays        
You may request additional information, or pre-register for a class by clicking on the City Name above. 

America’s Boating Course is held on two sequential Saturdays, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and includes lunch. Preregister by clicking on the seminar you wish to take and fill out the preregistration form.

Our lead instructors for America's Boating Course are Rich Holden, Bill Hart and Betty Dysart.  America's Boating Course instructors vary by location. 

For information about America's Boating Course, or to sign up to attend the course in your area, call (925) 377-BOAT or (925) 377-2628, or email our Diablo Squadron Educational contact: Bill Long.

 

Of Special Note; Diablo's America's Boating Course offers an exciting  and hands-on concept of "On-The-Water" Training Cruises.  Our DSPS members make their own boats available to host this valuable experience to reinforce what you learned in the classroom.

********** If you are interested in a Training Cruise, please contact Les Johnson. **********

Student special focus activities include fundamentals of plotting, navigation, anchoring, docking, securing boats, fire-fighting, and much more.

For Further Information And To Enroll In The Next America's Boating Course Course, Call (925) 377-BOAT or (925) 377-2628.

America's Boating Course is designed to be useful for all boaters, from the person operating a personal watercraft to the hunter or fisherman in an outboard to the skipper in a family cruiser to the sailing enthusiast. All are subject to nautical rules and regulations. All should respect traditional courtesies of the sea. All are subject to the forces of nature. The course is meant to be of interest and value to the entire family, and older children are welcome; we encourage your family to attend as a group.

This course has been designed to meet the educational requirements specified by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators. America's Boating Course is but the beginning of a boating education. USPS believes that the better educated a boater is, the more likely that boater is to be a safe skipper. We encourage you to follow up this brief and basic course with additional boating education. Safe boating is fun boating for passengers, crew, and captain!


BOAT TYPES & TERMS
Sail & power - basic terms, hull types, displacement, other design aspects
BOAT HANDLING AND ELEMENTARY SEAMANSHIP
Fueling, preparing to cast off, turning & stopping, crossing a wake, boating courtesy, docking & undocking, anchors & anchoring, personal watercraft, boating courtesy, trailering
REGULATIONS, EQUIPMENT, AND SAFE OPERATION
State boating laws & registration, fire extinguishers, flame arrestors, ventilation, life preservers, bells & whistles, distress signals, accident reporting, pollution control, alcohol afloat, using life preservers
NAVIGATION RULES
Definitions; steering & sailing rules - all vessels, sailing vessels, power vessels, maneuvering, warning signals (sound); navigation lights
AIDS TO NAVIGATION
Lateral system of buoyage, aids to navigation - floating, fixed, lighted, unlighted, daymarks, sound buoys, ranges
ADVERSE CONDITIONS
Man overboard, restricted visibility, swamping and capsizing, collision, fire, medical emergencies
MARINE RADIOTELEPHONE
Operation, marine radio channel usage, calling procedure, distress & safety calls, radio abuse, citizens band radio, vessel information data

anim_mailbox (2502 bytes)For more information on America's Boating Course and information to join Diablo Sail and Power Squadron, call (925) 377-BOAT

Or Email our Diablo Power Squadron Education contact.
 

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