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Schedule of Classes
About the NH Boater Education Law
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The US Coast Guard Auxiliary offers a number of Public Education
courses in the Seacoast New Hampshire and Maine region:
- BS&S - Boating Skills and Seamanship is our flagship boater education course. It is a comprehensive course designed for both the experienced and the novice boater. It is typically run in 13 two-hour evening classes.
Many insurance companies offer discounts on boat insurance to individuals who successfully complete this course.
The first eight lessons comprise the "core" course, which qualifies you for a nationally-recognized boater education certificate:
- Lesson 1 - - Which Boat is for You
- Lesson 2 - - Equipment for Your Boat
- Lesson 3 - - Trailering Your Boat
- Lesson 4 - - Handling Your Boat
- Lesson 5 - - Your Highway Signs
- Lesson 6 - - The Rules You Must Follow
- Lesson 7 - - Inland Boating
- Lesson 8 - - The Rest of our Story
Depending on facility availability, the following lessons may optionally be offered:
- Lesson 9 - - Introduction to Navigation
- Lesson 10 - - Powering Your Boat
- Lesson 11 - - Lines and Knots for Your Boat
- Lesson 12 - - Weather and Boating
- Lesson 13 - - Your Boat’s Radio
- ABS - About Boating Safely covers the following topics
in one day or two evening sessions:
- Introduction to boating
- Boating laws
- Personal safety equipment
- Safe boat handling
- Navigation
- Boating problems
- Trailering, storing, and protecting your boat
- Hunting and fishing, waterskiing, and river boating
This course is designed to meet the minimun national boating safety education standards in the shortest time allowed by law. It is extremely fast-paced and requires good study skills. The certificate you'll receive is valid in all states which currently require boating education. Many students who take this course in order to meet their state's legal requirements end up wishing they'd taken the more in-depth, and slower paced, BS&S course.
- WN - The Weekend Navigator
The Weekend Navigator will teach you how to navigate in the digital age and will also teach you the time-honored techniques that never lose their usefulness. Learn to use marine GPS, charts, and other electronic and traditional navigation tools.
This course is designed for anyone who wants to learn coastal navigation.
This course is taught in two parts. Part One will make students comfortable with basic coastal navigation using both electronic and traditional navigation tools. Topics covered include an overview of the process of navigation, planning on the fly, piloting without electronics, using Buoys and lights, plotting courses, calculating distances and bearings.
Part Two continues with pre-voyage planning including plotting courses on paper and digital charts, and entering waypoints into a GPS. Part Two includes a large number of practical exercises and in-depth discussions of navigation techniques and tips.
Contact the Flotilla 02-08 Public Education Officer
via E-mail
for more information.
Auxiliary Members also participate in a wide
array of free training and education opportunities, both in the
classroom and on the water.
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