Earn your FWC Boating Safety Card with the USCGAUX Boat America Course!

Schedule

Sat Sep 23 2023 at 08:00 am to 04:00 pm

Location

9135 Denton Ave (next to the Elks Club) | Hudson, FL

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Earn your Florida Fish and Wildlife Boater Safety Certificate while being taught by local USCG Auxiliary Instructors about boating safely!
About this Event

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.

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Where is it happening?

9135 Denton Ave (next to the Elks Club), 9135 Denton Avenue, Hudson, United States

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Tickets

USD 40.00

Hudson Flotilla 11.7 U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

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