America's Boating Course

The America's Boating Course-3^rd Edition (ABC-3) is a public course. The first four sessions qualify as a DNR-prescribed boating safety course, thus it provides the basic instruction needed to successfully complete the DNR exam required to attain a boating safety certificate issued by the DNR*.

The course material includes four main chapters, which cover:

Boat Education: General information about boats and personal watercraft, and their maintenance
Boating Safety: How to make your boating safer and more comfortable
Boating Law and Regulation: Laws and regulations that you must follow.

A fifth optional chapter provides an introduction to navigation, which covers:

GPS waypoint navigation
Classical dead reckoning principles
Includes electronic charts for the Door County area

Additional details, click here.

Children, ages 11-15, can take the course if accompanied by an adult;
however, for DNR certification, they must be 12 before taking the exam.

Contact John Welch for questions, fees, and reservations at 920-746-1179,
Discounts available for multiple family members who share the student manual.

The Spring session starts April 13th of 2010.
There may be a Summer session in July 2010

These sessions will be held at the Sturgeon Bay campus of the
Northeast Wisconsin Technical College (NWTC) located
at
229 N. 14th Ave.

Room number 103 (use the north entrance)

registration starts at 6:00PM and sessions run from 6:30 to 8:30PM six consecutive Wednesdays.
please call ahead to reserve a spot.

For those that can not make the scheduled dates there is an
on-line/home study courses suitable for getting the DNR certification.

Click here for Green Bay Sail & Power Squadron Public Boating Class

Click here for USPS classes in other locations nationwide

Click here for other DNR boating safety class locations.

Click here for the Coast Guard Auxiliary courses.

* click here for a copy of the Wisconsin Boating Regulations