The Grand Lake Power Squadron offers boaters an extensive offering of United States Power Squadron courses and seminars lead by an excellent group of experienced boaters and sailors.
Improve your boating skills and knowledge
America's Boating Club, USPS offers a full range of educational experiences for both novice and experienced boaters. We teach a variety of comprehensive courses to advance your know-how of seamanship, boat handling, and other related courses.
Learn as much as you want
Our Squadron offers in-depth USPS courses (usually 6-8 weeks), focused to-hour sessions, and skills certification in inland, coastal, and offshore navigation and boat operation. Mix and match to suit your boating education needs.
Our curriculum includes:
America's Boating Club, USPS offers a full range of educational experiences for both novice and experienced boaters. We teach a variety of comprehensive courses to advance your know-how of seamanship, boat handling, and other related courses.
Learn as much as you want
Our Squadron offers in-depth USPS courses (usually 6-8 weeks), focused to-hour sessions, and skills certification in inland, coastal, and offshore navigation and boat operation. Mix and match to suit your boating education needs.
Our curriculum includes:
- America's Boating Course (an excellent introduction to boating and safety on the water)
- Boat Handling (formerly Seamanship) (extends boating knowledge, operations and skills)
- Marine Navigation and Piloting (an extensive set of courses including Piloting, Advanced Piloting, Junior Navigation, Navigation, and Electronic Navigation)
- Elective Courses
- First Aid/CPR - The Grand Lake Sail and Power Squadron strives through its training programs to make boating a safe and enjoyable adventure. But, sometimes things do not go right or unforeseen events occur and someone is hurt, injured, or becomes ill. When medical emergencies occur aboard a vessel at sea, quick and appropriate action becomes a life-saving event. Through the CPR and First Aid training you will learn the latest techniques on performing these lifesaving skills. They will include: CPR for Adults and Children, Use of an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED), First Aid Basics. Medical Emergencies, Injury Emergencies
Get Your Boating Education Underway!
Upcoming USPS Education offered by the Grand Lake Power Squadron
The Grand Lake Power Squadron Education Department has been busy preparing the schedule of classes for the New Year for both members and non-members alike. The planned 2019 Schedule of Classes is shown below and other classes may be added as interest dictates.
START DATE COURSE SESSIONS
Jan 7, 2019 Operations Training 1 Session
Late Jan/Early Feb Vessel Safety Inspector Training 1 Session
February 4, 2019 Weather Seminar 1 Session
March 4, 2019 Instructor Develop./Recertification 5 Sessions
March 23, 2019 America's Boating Course (ABC) 1 Session
April, 1 2019 Piloting 8 Sessions
May 6, 2019 Partner in Command Seminar 1 Session
June 1, 2019 America's Boating Course (ABC) 1 Session
Sept. 9, 2019 Boat Handling 7 Sessions
Sept. 10, 2019 CPR Training 1 Session
Oct. 1, 2019 Advanced Piloting 8 Sessions
Note that all dates are tentative and may be adjusted to accommodate students' needs. Also, remember that each squadron member receives a free class every year. So, if you are interested in one of these scheduled classes or another class, please please email Bob Russell, SEO, at robren95@aol.com or Roger Zinn, ASEO at rogerzinn601@yahoo.com).
Also note that there is always the option of a home study course. Home study students will be assigned an instructor to help schedule study pace, schedule face-to-face help sessions, and provide other assistance as needed. Taking a course by home study is a great way to study at your own pace.
START DATE COURSE SESSIONS
Jan 7, 2019 Operations Training 1 Session
Late Jan/Early Feb Vessel Safety Inspector Training 1 Session
February 4, 2019 Weather Seminar 1 Session
March 4, 2019 Instructor Develop./Recertification 5 Sessions
March 23, 2019 America's Boating Course (ABC) 1 Session
April, 1 2019 Piloting 8 Sessions
May 6, 2019 Partner in Command Seminar 1 Session
June 1, 2019 America's Boating Course (ABC) 1 Session
Sept. 9, 2019 Boat Handling 7 Sessions
Sept. 10, 2019 CPR Training 1 Session
Oct. 1, 2019 Advanced Piloting 8 Sessions
Note that all dates are tentative and may be adjusted to accommodate students' needs. Also, remember that each squadron member receives a free class every year. So, if you are interested in one of these scheduled classes or another class, please please email Bob Russell, SEO, at robren95@aol.com or Roger Zinn, ASEO at rogerzinn601@yahoo.com).
Also note that there is always the option of a home study course. Home study students will be assigned an instructor to help schedule study pace, schedule face-to-face help sessions, and provide other assistance as needed. Taking a course by home study is a great way to study at your own pace.
America's Boating CourseNext Course: March and June 2019
The course fee for the Class is $39.00 per person. For couples sharing a book, the additional fee is $13 for the second person. |
America’s Boating Course (ABC3) is the introductory boating safety and operation course of the United States Power Squadron. It is an in-depth course taught to the public by certified instructors of the Grand Lake Sail & Power Squadron |
Congratulations to the Americas Boating Course Class Graduates of March 2018. Pictured from left to right are Jean and Don Jones, Michelle and Gregg Hooper, Roger Zinn AP, and Steve Snyder
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Congratulations to the graduates of the 2016 Piloting Class, Pictured from left to right are Jim Sweeten SN, Roger Zinn P, Bob Russell P, instructor Baxter Thorman JN, Bruce Watson P, Linda Watson P,
Mary Alice Moore P, and Ken Moore P (graduate Earl Starkman P is not pictured
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