Skipper's Course

NASBLA Approved

(Many Insurance Companies Offer 10% Discounts for Training Certificates)

Presented by the

Oklahoma City Sail & Power Squadron

(www.usps.org/localusps/ok/)

A Unit of the United States Power Squadron

A Non-Profit Boating Education Organization

"Boating Safety Through Education!"

 

 

For: Boat Owners, Operators, Renters, & Family Members (12 and older. Any age can sit in class!)

 

Learn the Following:

 

Compass Navigation                                      Basic Navigation                                         River Operations

 

Trailering                                                          Marlinspike                                  Engine Trouble Shooting

 

Anchoring                                                       Sailing Basics                                  Navigation Safety Rules

 

Weather Terminology                                    Boat Handling                                          USPS Organization

 

Adverse Conditions, Escape & Avoidance                                             Marine Communication Procedures

 

                                             Beginning:           Tuesday, September  12, 2006

                                    

                                        Times:     Tuesdays, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM (promptly!)

                                                        September 19, 26 and October 3, 2006

 

                                   Length:    4 classes (Last,  Tuesday, October  3, 2006, is Examination night)

 

                          Cost:  Instruction is FREE!  Study Guides are $20.  (Family Members can Share one!)

 

                                                    Location:  Crown Heights Christian Church

4020 N. Western   (Park in South Parking Lot)

                                                         Oklahoma City, OK  73118

 

                       For More Information:    Danny Goss  376-0678

 

 

 

 

 

 

2006  Skipper's Course

Presented by Oklahoma City United States Power Squadron

Class Times:  07:00 PM to 09:00 PM  (1900 hrs to 2100 hrs)

Class Chairman:  Lt. Danny Goss, P,   H - 376-0678                          e-mail:  dannygoss@earthlink.net

 

Day 1 - Tuesday, 09-12-06:

1900 to 1910                                                                                                      Instructor(s):

    Welcome/Introductions                                                                            Lt/C Danny Goss, AP                       

           course book sales                                                                                       staff

    Course overview / pass out schedules 

    a.   teaching methods - lecture

    b.   study material:  “Boat Smart” ©  United States Power Squadrons

    c.   multiple answer test - 80% to pass

    d.   absences &  makeup

    e.   homework & grading

 

1910 to 1920 

This is OKC USPS.                                                                                          Lt/C Danny Goss, AP          

 

1920 to 1955

Section  1:   

    Review:  Hull types, basic nautical terms (glossary),                                                              tba

 

2005 to 2100

Section 1 (cont.)                                                                                                

    Review:  Docking, anchoring, safety rules, knots (4 types)                           

   (36 questions, pages 1 to 37)                                                                        

 

Day 2 - Tuesday, 09-19-06:

1900 to 1955

Section 2:

    Review:  Fire extinguishers, flame arresters,

    signaling equipment, PFDs, lights,                                                                                               tba

 

2005 to 2100

Section  2 (cont.)                                                                                                

    Review:  basic regulations, MSDs                                                                 

    (20 questions, pages 39 to 62)                                                                        

 

Tuesday, 09-26-06:

1900 to 1955

Section 3:  Aids to Navigation                                                                                      tba

 

 

 

 

 

OKCSPS  Skipper's Course                                                                                                         2 of 2

 

Tuesday, 09-26-06:  (cont:)

 

2005 to 2100                                                                                                       

Section 3 (cont.)                                                                                                   tba         

    Review: Adverse conditions, man overboard,

    trim/loading, wakes, capsizing                                                                       

    (33 questions, pages 63 to 94)                           

 

Tuesday, 10-03-06:

1900 to 1945

Homework Question Review                                                                               Lt/C Danny Goss, AP  

Test Preparation & Review: Oklahoma state questions                                        

 

1945 to 2020

Final Examinations (NASBLA & OK)                                                                   Staff

2020 to 2100

Results

Graduation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                      (Oklahoma City Sail and Power Squadron website:   www.usps.org/localusps/ok/)