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and USPS District 23
Serving Jacksonville, Fernandina and St Augustine areas
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America's Boating Course - 3rd Edition is all new with a completely updated manual, outstanding graphics, and two bonus computer disks. The course manual is divided into five chapters. The first four cover the required topics that all recreational boaters must know. In addition to the rules of the road, the four chapters cover the various types of boats, required safety equipment, navigation aids, lights and sounds, anchoring, communications afloat, adverse conditions, water sports safety, trailering, personal water craft safety, and knots and lines. The fifth chapter provides an introduction to digital charts and GPS waypoint navigation, a key skill for boating on larger lakes and rivers and coastal waters. This optional fifth chapter provides the background for additional classes in the art of navigation.
 
ABC3 is approved by, the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), is also recognized by the United States Coast Guard, and is accepted by most states as meeting their requirements for getting a safety certificate, required in most states for operation of a water craft.This is our primary civic effort toward public instruction in the fundamentals of safe boating. Courses are designed to familiarize the student with the fundamentals of safe boating and qualify for certification in most states that require boating education before operating a watercraft. Boaters who successfully complete this course qualify for the boating safety education ID Card issued by the Florida FWC and names are automatically forward to the FWC.
 
 
 America's Boating Course

Date: Saturday, 16 Feb 2013
Time: 8:00 am
Location: 2nd Floor Classroom, Lamb’s Yacht Center, 3376 Lakeshore Blvd, Jacksonville, FL
Meeting Times: One day class from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Registration: Same day or call Dick Leatherman at 904-461-5225
Cost: Books and all materials are $40.00. Additional family members using the same book is an additional $6.50 per person
Note: We will have a short lunch break, so bring a sandwich or other snacks.

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 America's Boating Course (2nd offering in February)

Date: Saturday, 23 Feb 2013
Time: 8:00 am
Location: 2nd Floor Classroom, Lamb’s Yacht Center, 3376 Lakeshore Blvd, Jacksonville, FL
Meeting Times: One day class from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm
Registration: Same day or call Dick Leatherman at 904-461-5225
Cost: Books and all materials are $40.00. Additional family members using the same book is an additional $6.50 per person
Note: We will have a short lunch break, so bring a sandwich or other snacks.

Click here for Course Flyer

For more information about public courses, go to http://www.usps.org/e_stuff/public_ed.htm.