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Summer Cruise 2010

 

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Safety and Education

Safety
Coast Guard Auxiliary Safety Check Digital Selective Calling
Float Plan Form
How Digital Selective Calling Works
 
Go to BoatU.S. to register your MMSI

Boating Education

Coast Guard Courses

Be Prepared!

Education for Cruisers

Sailing outside your home waters can be intimidating. Winter is the best time to prepare yourself for the Summer Cruise.

1. Make sure your charts and cruising guides are up to date. Review the literature on the planned ports.
2. Plan the Courses. Need more confidence with voyage planning? Check out the following links:
Navigation (NAV) Sailing Skills & Seamanship (SSS)
How to Read a Nautical Chart (HRNC) About Boating Safely (ABS) - Multi-Session Version
GPS for Mariners (GPSFM) About Boating Safely (ABS) - Seminar Version
Suddenly in Command (SIC)  
Women's Sailing and Powerboating School  
Landfall Marine Training Center - Course Schedule  

Boating Maintenance
ID
Project Description
PDF
Author
001
Lewmar 48 Winch Maintenance
Steven Jones
002
Spring Commisoning - Mar 2007
Tom Senator
003
Spring Commissioning Checklist - Mar 2007
Vic Perla