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| Boating Safety Classes - 2009 | As part of the Flotilla's Public Education Program, Flotilla 2-7 offers many opportunities for the public to attend a Boating Safety Class. In fact, as well as numerous other special awards for Public Education, Flotilla 2-7 was named the 2007 Most Active Flotilla in Public Education for District 11-South! |  | | Flotilla 2-7's policy is to invite our students to come back to later sessions of our classes to attend those they might have missed or would like to repeat, and at no additional charge. And... most insurance companies will provide a discount on your boat insurance if you successfully complete the Boating Skills & Seamanship Course! (a Certificate and a wallet card is issued upon successful completion)
| | Boating Skills & Seamanship |  | Our 11-week/13-lesson Boating Skills & Seamanship class will be held at the Newport Harbormaster's facility community room on Wednesday evenings, 7:30pm to 9:30pm, beginning
February 11th, 2009 and continuing until April 22nd. The address is 1901 Bayside Drive, Corona del Mar. The cost, including text, is
$60 ( Family discounts are available). Call FSO-PE Mary Baine at (714) 834-1069. or e-mail IPFC Steven Baine at sbaine@psomas.com, to register or for more information. Flotilla 2-7 teaches all 13 Chapters of the text, which gives this course a special benefit for ocean-going boaters. A repeat of this class will be offered later in
Spring 2009. The schedule, when available, will be posted here. (click here for a course description
- click here for the
class schedule) | GPS for Mariners
The 3-lesson GPS for Mariners will be held on Thursday evenings, January
29th, February 5th and 12th, from 7:30pm to 9:30pm, also at the Newport Harbormaster's (see address above). The cost is $35.
(Includes text GPS for Mariners) (Click here for a course description)
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| | Weekend Navigator | | 
| The
12-lesson session of the Weekend Navigator Course, the newest boating class offered by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary,
will begin Thursday evenings on February 26th, 2009 at
7:00pm. This course will teach the modern day boater equipped with GPS and other electronic navigation tools (chart plotter, radar, etc.) how to be safer boaters. This
course is held at the Orange County Fire Authority -
Fire Station # 6 located at 3180 Barranca Parkway,
Irvine, CA (between Jamboree & Harvard). | | You will learn how to use traditional navigation techniques, using paper charts; plotting tools; hand-bearing compass; and other tools, in conjunction with your marine electronics during the three steps of navigation: 1) Pre-Voyage planning (selecting safe paths and plotting your planned course on your paper chart); 2) Navigating while underway - monitoring your progress utilizing navigation aids which appear on your chart; and 3) Double-Checking - confirming you are where you think you are - comparing GPS readings against your surroundings. Keep in mind, to be a safe boater, you should never rely solely on a single means of plotting your position. (click here for a course description).
The cost is $80 (includes text & student study
guides)
SAVE
$15.00 !
- GPS for Mariners & Weekend Navigator, together -
$100
To register or for more information
on the above courses, please call FSO-PE Mary Baine at (714) 834-1069 or
e-mail IPFC Steve Baine at Sbaine@psomas.com | |
The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary is the civilian, uniformed volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard, as well as the lead volunteer force in the Department of Homeland Security. Founded in 1939 by an Act of Congress as the US Coast Guard Reserves and re-designated the Coast Guard Auxiliary in 1941, the 30,000 volunteer members (men and women) donate thousands of hours in support of the Coast Guard and Maritime Domain Awareness missions, such as Search & Rescue, Public Education, Vessel Inspections and Marine Environmental Protection.
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