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US SAILING Safe Powerboat Handling Certification


US Coast Guard & NASBLA Approved

This 16-hour hands-on, on-the-water course is for anyone who wants to learn how to safely operate a small motorboat and improve their boathandling skills on actual boats. The US Coast Guard and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) have approved this course and an increasing number of states have recognized it as meeting their requirements for a state boating safety education certificate. These national and state approvals call for the course to include a total of six to eight hours of classroom sessions covering required education topics. Students learn:

On-the-Water Sessions

  • Engine & electrical systems
  • Starting procedures
  • Docking
  • Leave & return to a slip
  • Close-quarters maneuvers
  • High-speed maneuvers
  • Anchoring
  • Steering a range
  • Proceeding to a destination
  • Person-in-Water rescue

Classroom Sessions

  • Safety, prep & weather
  • Maneuvering concepts
  • Registration & capacities
  • Equipment requirements
  • Prep & fueling procedures
  • Navigation rules of the road
  • Aids to navigation
  • Environment regulations

Safe Powerboat Handling certification standards

http://www.uspowerboating.com/


Register for one of the sessions below

13 Jul 2013 9:00 AM • Baltimore's Downtown Sailing Center
12 Aug 2013 5:15 PM • Baltimore's Downtown Sailing Center
14 Sep 2013 9:00 AM • Baltimore's Downtown Sailing Center
 
 

Downtown Sailing Center at the Baltimore Museum of Industry
1425 Key Highway, Suite 110, Baltimore, MD 21230
410.727.0722 • jack@downtownsailing.org

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