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MARATHON SAIL & POWER SQUADRON

BOATING COURSE INFORMATION

 Call for info on dates.   Six Chapters in all.

The Marathon Sail & Power Squadron building - the Brady Building - is at 12 loggerhead lane behind the Panda House Restaurant. Turn down 52nd St (across from Publix Grocery, on Gulfside) then the first right onto Loggerhead. The Brady Building is the first on the right.

Graduates from our boating class become entitled to an invitation to membership in the Marathon Sail & Power Squadron

Call Dick Schewe 815-978-1488

E-mail phylrich1@Yahoo.com

SUBJECTS COVERED IN THE SIX CHAPTERS:

  • Boat handling under normal conditions
  • Types of boats and boating terminology
  • Required and Recommended equipment
  • Boating Regulations and Navigation rules
  • Lines and Knots
  • Adverse conditions and emergencies
  • Weather
  • Charts and aids to navigation
  • Regional boating (i.e., Florida Keys)
  • Piloting techniques
  • Engine troubleshooting
  • Fundamentals of Sailing
  • Marine Radiotelephone usage
  • Trailer boating

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