Boating Education

Safe Boating Class  (for a printable description of this public class, click here.)
 Open to the Public
          The time is now to get your boat and yourself ready for the upcoming boating season. The best thing you can do is become knowledgeable of how to boat safely before you take to the water.

America's Boating Course®

Learn to skipper a boat with confidence.  Whether you are a Hunter, Fisherman, Sailor, Skier, or Wake-boarder, this course will help you improve your skills in topic areas that include general information about boats and maintenance, information to make your boating experience safer and more comfortable, tips on being a more courteous boat operator, and laws and regulations to which you must adhere.

Why should you take this course? Follow this link (return to come back) for link to Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries to see the requirements.

See below for specific dates and locations. Cost of the course is $30.

For more information or to register, click here and email to Lt/C Frank Brown, AP, Education Officer.

Date for ABC class to be announced. We are proudly offering the Virginia Boating Safety Class as described below.

Virginia Boating Safety

Dept of Game and Inland Fisheries

6, 13 & 20 February, 2012, 1830 - 2130 (6:30 pm - 9:30 pm)

Portsmouth Boat Club, 20 Elm Drive

Portsmouth, VA

Cost: Free

Istructors - Brown, Eure, Hanbury, Stone, and others

 

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Boating Classes for Members Only

        The following courses comprise the Advanced Grades series and should be taken in the order listed:
Seamanship (S)
Cost: $46		  
Piloting (P)

 
Advanced Piloting (AP)
Cost: $55		 Currently meeting, thru May, 2012
Junior Navigation (JN)  

Navigation (N)

Current Session in Testing for end of class. Congratulations
 

The following courses are Elective Courses and may be taken in any order:

Cruise Planning

  
Engine Maintenance Scheduled to begin at conclusion of AP above
Instructor Qualifications Tentative for May 2012
Marine Electronics

In preparatory stages

Sail

 Concluded, August 2011
Weather Concluded 31 December  2011

Skipper Saver

  
GPS  
Knots  

Put education and fun on your calendar.

'Fair Winds and Following Seas'