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Connecticut Safe Boating Certificate Class

America’s Boating Course emphasizes boating safety. Among the topics included are:

  • Life jackets
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Distress signals
  • Operator responsibilities
  • Boating regulations
  • Fueling
  • Boating courtesy
  • Basic rules of navigation
  • Buoys
  • Sound signals
  • Navigation lights, shapes, and sounds
  • Boat registration
  • Environmental considerations
This course exposes the tip of the iceberg of boating knowledge, creating an awareness of the know-how needed to skipper a boat safely and earning the successful student the credentials needed to qualify for the required Connecticut Safe Boating Certificate.

3 Sessions, Sundays 9:30am-2:00pm, May 4th, 11th and 18th.
$60 per person.  A family member sharing a textbook is $20.
Includes 6 Month USPS membership.
Register here: http://goo.gl/Jx2Mym

See the full schedule of Norwalk Sail and Power Squadron classes at: http://goo.gl/vI4y1j

America's Boating Course is part of the nationally recognized United States Power Squadrons education program.  United States Power Squadrons provides education to recreational power and sail boaters for over 100 years.  USPS offers a wide variety of courses, seminars and educational guides. See http://www.usps.org to learn more about us. 
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