2007 NSBW Boating Course Press Release for your Squadron

2007-03-22T16:52:00.001-07:00

NSBW Boating Course Press Release for your Squadron

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

US Power Squadrons, America’s largest boating educational organization, has announced that virtually all of it’s 450 squadrons will be offering a public boating course immediately after National Safe Boating Week 2007, just prior to the start of the summer boating season. The voluntary organization of boaters has more than 50,000 members throughout the nation, in Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and even in Tokyo, Japan. Muddy Water Power Squadron, a unit of US Power Squadrons, serves the local area and will be offering a one day USPS Boat Smart Course which covers all of the requirements for state certification. All students who pass the course, and just about everyone does, receive a US Power Squadrons Boating Course Graduate decal for their boat which indicates to law enforcement officials that the operator has passed a USPS course.

Commander John Paul Jones, a resident of Watertown, announced that their local squadron class will be held at the Muddy River Yacht Club on Saturday, 09 June 2007, with the class starting at 9:00 AM and running until 5:00 PM, with a break for lunch. The course is open to all adults and youngsters at least 12-years of age. The cost for the course is $50 per person. Additional details can be obtained by calling Lt. Sally Brown at 123-456-7890.

Muddy River Power Squadron was chartered in 1970, has 109 members, and offers a wide variety of public boating courses including Boat Smart, the USPS Boating Course, and a Skipper Saver course designed for the spouse of the captain of the vessel. “If the skipper is incapacitated in any way,” said Cdr. Jones, “his spouse should know how to bring the vessel home and how to use the marine radio to call for help for the skipper. The Skipper Saver course will provide this information.” In addition to public boating classes, Muddy River Power Squadron offers a large variety of additional courses for its members, including Seamanship, Piloting, Advanced Piloting and Celestial Navigation I and 2. The voluntary USPS instructors also provide courses in Engine Maintenance, Marine Electronics, Cruise Planning, Sail and Weather.

In addition to its courses, members of Muddy River Power Squadron provide vessel safety inspections of recreational vessels, along with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, as part of a U.S. Coast Guard initiative. Those boats that pass the examination receive a decal. Those that do not pass are given a listing of items that should be corrected, such as outdated flares. “National Safe Boating Week was created to make boaters more aware of safety on the water,” Cdr. Jones continued, “and we hope that everyone who goes boating will take our Power Squadron course after National Safe Boating Week.”

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2007 NSBW Boating Course Press Release for your Squadron