Public Boating Courses
Your source for world-class boating education For Boaters, By Boaters®. A variety of public boating courses are offered by the Cape Fear Sail & Power Squadron.
Start with the America's Boating Course® which covers the basics of boating and meets the certification requirements in North Carolina for those under age 26. Please see below or click here for additional information on other classes.
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ABC Class:
Location: Cape Fear Community College
Date and Time: America’s Boating Course®
For new boaters or boaters new to the Cape Fear coastal area we have expanded the program to include our exclusive “Local Knowledge” combined with our 3.5 hour "On-the-Water" teaching cruise on the following Sunday (free parking on the streets of Wilmington). We'll address the challenges and complexities of boating in our local coastal environment where we'll "tie" everything together. However, you do not have to own a boat to attend.
Topics include:
Schedule:
August 13, 2022 – ABC Classroom Cape Fear Community College 8:00am – 4:30pm
August 14, 2022 – Local Knowledge & On-the-Water Cruise (time TBD)
Cost: $85 (additional family members living in the same household can share the textbook at the discounted price of $50 each.)
Classroom: Cape Fear Community College, Union Station Building - free campus parking.
Registration Opens Soon
If you have any questions or need additional information, please contact:
1/Lt Meg Morrison, JN ASEO at aseo@capefearsailandpowersquadron.org
Photos will be taken at this class for publication in the Foghorn and Squadron website. If you do not wish to have your photo taken, please sign the Opt-Out sheet at this class. America’s Boating Club® and logo are trademarks of the United States Power Squadrons® |
Weather Course:
Location: Cape Fear Community College
Date and Time: Sept 28 - Nov 16 Weather Course
Even the most experienced Captain will tell you that boating is always dependent on the weather. This course provides a basic understanding of atmospheric stability; forming the foundation of how weather systems build, move and interact with one another. You will learn how and why weather patterns circulate on earth, the effects of the atmosphere, oceans, air and land masses, wind pressure, ocean currents, jet stream, water, humidity, fog, clouds, and precipitation. The level of information about our earth’s weather is guaranteed to give you a new-found appreciation and understanding of how daily weather can help or hinder your boating experience. You will get hands on training on how to predict anticipated weather along with insights into automated tools that every boater or weather enthusiast will find extremely useful. This course will benefit the most seasoned mariner as well as those to who never intend to venture out into the water but admire what “Mother Nature” can produce.
Each student will receive:
Schedule 9/28, 10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2, 11/9, 11/16
Classroom:
Cape Fear Community College, Union Station Building - free campus parking.
If you have any addional questions or need additional information, please contact:
Photos will be taken at these events for publication in the Foghorn and Squadron website. If you do not wish to have your photo taken, please sign the Opt-Out sheet at this class. |
Online Boating Courses:
Location: Online
Date and Time:
Seminars make it easy for you to acquire or update your knowledge and skills about specific topics in a short period of time, typically 2 hours.
Live webinars are a great way for instructors and students to meet in a virtual classroom.
We offer you the opportunity to take online boating courses, seminars, and webinars. Prices and the length of the classes vary.
Members get 25% off public price!
Boat Handling Course (Seamanship)
Cruising Boats and Systems
Use Your GPS Like an Expert
Boat Safely With AIS Marine Electronics
Cruise Planning
Ocean Waves
Learn to Forecast the Weather
Thunderstorms & Severe Weather
Ocean Currents & Computer Navigation
Choosing and using a VHF radio for your boat
For Details:
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Lt/C Ned Rhodes, SN SEO at educationofficer@capefearsailandpowersquadron.org, or
1/Lt Meg Morrison, JN ASEO at aseo@capefearsailandpowersquadron.org
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The Cape Fear Sail & Power Squadron is proudly offering the very best in safe boating education with their boating course which will be offered at the Cape Fear Community College. The course is centered around the 8 hour America’s Boating Course
