America's Boating Course (ABC)
The ABC course covers boat handling, seamanshp, needed equipment, rules of the road, line and knots, charts, aids to navigation, boat trailering, weather, and more. This course is suitable for boaters from age 12 and up and provides excellent training for boating families. This course satisfies the requirements of Federal and State agencies and Vermont's requirements for boat operators born after January 1, 1974. It is being offered as an on-line/home study course. If you have any questions or want additional information click here <--.
Vermont State Police ON-LINE BOATING SAFETY COURSE
You can take an on-line version of the Vermont State Boating Safety Course. You don't get the value of a face-to-face interaction with an instructor and other students but it does satisfy the requirements for boaters born after Jan 1, 1974. You can access the course website by clicking --> here <--.
Continuing boating education is a big benefit of Power Squadron Membership. The Squadron offers a range of other courses such as Seamanship, Piloting, Advanced Piloting, Junior Navigation, Navigation, Weather, Cruise Planning , Sail, and Engine Maintenance and more. Typically we like to take advantage of the glorious summers for boating and use the winters to improve our boating skills thru fall and spring classes. Please click --> here to see a detailed description of our other courses.