Town of Millville
Delaware Safe Boating Class
August 10 | 7:30 am – 4:00 pm
Event Description
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary (USCG AUX), Flotilla 12-09, is partnering with the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) to provide an 8-hour basic boating safety class. Here are a few details:
- Class date: Saturday, August 10, 2024
- Time: 7:30 a.m. – Registration and payment of course fee
8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Safe Boating Course
4:00 p.m. – Test - Location: Evans Park Community Center
32517 Dukes Dr.
Millville, DE 19967
- Course fee: $20.00 per person
- To preregister, email Roy Zimmerman at rzimmyuscgaux@gmail.com
Persons born on or after January 1, 1978, must successfully complete a boating safety course before operating a motorized boat, including personal watercraft, on Delaware waters. This Basic Boating Safety Course meets the requirement for Delaware’s mandatory boating education.
The Basic Boating Safety Course covers a range of important topics. These include the rules of the waterways, distinguishing navigational aids and water depths, and speed limits for appropriate waterways. It covers understanding weather systems to have a safe boating experience and basic skills, including engine mechanics.
The course includes state laws and regulations, as well as required equipment, and what to do if an officer stops your vessel. The Basic Boating Safety Course has a section on the dangers of boating under the influence. Lecture and course materials are designed to inform boaters on how to keep their vessels comfortable and safe in differing types of waves, seas, weather and conditions, and basic concepts associated with the use of a marine VHF radio. Most importantly the course emphasizes common sense and general courtesy to all boaters and personal watercraft riders.
Registration begins a 7:30 a.m. and the cost is $20.00. The course fee is paid on the day of the class during the registration process. Personal checks or cash are acceptable forms of payment.
Class size is limited. To enable an understanding of interest in this class, please email the name, email address and phone number of each attendee to Roy Zimmerman at rzimmyuscgaux@gmail.com.
All course materials will be provided however, attendees should bring their own notetaking materials, lunch and drinks.
A written test of the information presented during class is required and will be administered at the end of the lecture session (approximately 4:00 p.m.). Attendees should plan on staying an additional hour following the lecture session to complete the written test. DNREC scores each test and provides results directly to each attendee via regular mail.
rzimmyuscgaux@gmail.com
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