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PUBLIC EDUCATION
According to the Coast Guard's Office of Boating Safety, in 2006, 70% of reported boating fatalities occurred on boats where the operator had NOT COMPLETED a boating safety education course! DON'T BECOME ANOTHER STATISTIC! |
Boating Skills & Seamanship
Courses:
One of the cornerstones of the Coast Guard Auxiliary is
its member's commitment to educate America's boating public. Trained Auxiliarists
provide instruction on a wide variety of safety and skills-related topics, including
Boating Skills & Seamanship, Personal Watercraft, Boating Safely, Sailing
Fundamentals, Advanced Coastal Navigation, and a Skipper's Safe Boating Course.
Arkansas residents born on or after January 1, 1986 and of legal age to operate a motorboat will be required to have successfully completed an approved Arkansas Game and Fish Commission Boater Education Course. The Coast Guard Auxiliary's Boating Skills and Seamanship (BS&S) & Boating Safely courses are AGFC-approved Boater Education courses.
The Boating Skills and Seamanship & Boating Safely courses offer sections on boat handling, the "rules of the road", navigation skills, weather conditions, engines and basic maintenance, marine radio operation and marlinspike seamanship (rope handling, knots, lines & splicing). The course cost is $20, which will cover the cost of the text. Other family members may attend for $5 per additional person.
For dates and more information on the next class offered in the Beaver Lake area, please contact Clifard Jones at (479) 359-2266. For information on all the classes offered in the NW Arkansas and SW Missouri areas, please browse the Division 5 Public Education webpage.
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