Swamp Fox Power Squadron Florence, SC A unit of United States Power Squadrons® Sail and Power Boating

“Boating is fun…we’ll show you how”.

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The USPS Mission is to provide leadership in recreational boating safety through education and civic activities while promoting fellowship for its members. We offer many carefully planned courses in subjects like Seamanship, Piloting, Plotting and Position Finding, Celestial Navigation, Cruise Planning, Engine Maintenance, Marine Electronics, Sailing, and much more. These courses are taught by experienced member instructors, and members who complete them are recognized. Join us on-the-water and off with fellow members who are skilled in boating. On-the-water activities include cruises, rendezvous, sail races, navigation contests and even fishing derbies. Activities ashore include meetings with marine programs, parties, dinner-dances, picnics and field trips. Be sure to read our newsletter FOXTALES for May to learn about squadron updates and other information.

Besides offering boating education, we promote boating safety with courtesy Vessel Safety Checks (VSC) at the request of the owners. Click here to learn more about our VSC program.

We look forward to seeing you at our next meeting!

America's Boating Course - The Squadron Boating Course 

This course is for all boaters including personal watercraft operators, hunters or fishermen operating an outboard utility boat, canoe and kayak paddlers, skippers of a family cruiser, and sailing enthusiasts. All boaters must follow the same nautical rules, regulations, and courtesies of the sea. The course includes three main sections:

First: Boat terms and types, boat handling, anchoring, water sport safety, personal watercraft

Next: What's needed such as equipment, regulations, and law enforcement

Finally: Rules for boating like aids to navigation, navigation rules, adverse conditions, marine radio. As boating is often a family activity, this course is of value to all members of a boating family. USPS encourages families to attend as groups.

 


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