Boater Safety Class January 2022
Saturday/Sunday January 29-30, 2022 (8:30 AM -12:30 PM)
Your local Coast Guard Auxiliary will be hosting an online boater safety class. The 8 hour course will qualify participants for obtaining their permanent California Boaters Card. This certificate will be required for all ages by 2025, and for anyone 45 years old and younger this year 2022.
“Boat America”: Online Virtual classroom with live instructors. Cost is only $25.00 and includes Textbook, exam, and completion certificate. Register here
Boat America is a boating certificate class that offers an in-depth and interesting boating safety course, and provides the knowledge needed to obtain a boating certificate.
Some insurance companies will also offer discounts on boating insurance to boaters who successfully complete this course.
TOPICS INCLUDE
- Introduction to Boating – Types of power boats, boating vocabulary, sailboats, paddle boats, powering boats, and engine types.
- Boating Law – Boat registration, regulations, hull identification numbers, required safety equipment, Federal boating law, state boating law, and reporting accidents.
- Safety Equipment – Life jackets, fire extinguishers, sound-producing devices, visual distress signals, anchors, and other safety equipment.
- Safe Operation and Navigation – Buoys and beacons, aids to navigation, navigation rules, docking, and the dangers of alcohol on the water.
- Boating Emergencies – Hypothermia, boating accidents, man overboard, capsizing, emergency radio calls, carbon monoxide dangers, and weather.
- Trailering – Types of trailers, lights, hitches, towing a trailer.
- Sports and Boating – Water-skiing, hunting and hunting gear, PWC operation, and other boating tips.
For more information contact: Patrick Newburn, auxnewburn [at] gmail.com
