ABC—AMERICA’S BOATING COURSE

This is an exciting and highly interactive boating safety course.  ABC provides you with a booklet and CD which is fun and very comprehensive. Click on the logo for more information.

 Topics Include:

• INTRODUCTION TO BOATING—types of boats; different uses of boats; outboard, stern-drive, and inboard engines; jet drives.
• BOATING LAWS—boat registration; hull identification number; required safety equipment; operating safely and reporting accidents; protecting the marine environment; Federal boating laws; and PWCs.
• PERSONAL SAFETY EQUIPMENT—personal flotation devices life jackets); fire extinguishers; sound-producing devices; visual-distress signls; first aid kit; anchor; safety equipment and PWC.
• SAFE BOAT HANDLING—bow riding; substance abuse; entering, loading, and trimming a boat; fueling portable and permanent tanks; steering with a tiller and a wheel; docking and mooring; knots; filing a float plan; checking equipment, fuel, weather, and tide; using charts; choosing and using an anchor; safe PWC handling.
• NAVIGATION—the U.S. Aids to Navigation system; types of buoys and beacons; navigation rules; avoiding collisions; sound signals; PWC “tunnel vision.”
• BOATING PROBLEMS—hypothermia; boating accidents and rescues; capsizing; running aground; emergency radio calls; engine problems; boating problems and PWC.
• TRAILERING, STORING, AND PROTECTING YOUR BOAT—types of trailers; trailer brakes, lights, hitches, tires, and bearings; loading, balancing, and towing a trailer; towing (and backing) a trailer; boat launching and retrieving; boat storage and theft protection; launching, retrieving, and storing a PWC.
• HUNTING AND FISHING, WATER-SKIING, AND RIVER BOATING—carrying hunting gear and weapons in a boat; fishing from a boat; water-skiing safety guidelines and hand signals; water-skiing with a PWC; navigating rivers.

                                           

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