Earn your FWC Boating Safety Card with USCGAUX Boat America Course!, 16 August | Event in Sarasota | AllEvents

Earn your FWC Boating Safety Card with USCGAUX Boat America Course!

US Coast Guard Aux Flotilla 84 Sarasota, Florida

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Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 am

5050 N Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34234-3875, United States

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Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 am (EDT)

5050 N Tamiami Trl, FL 34234-3875

5026 N Tamiami Trl, Sarasota, FL 34234-3875, United States

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Earn your FWC Boating Safety Card with USCGAUX Boat America Course!
Earn your Florida Fish and Wildlife Boater Safety Certificate while being taught by local USCG Auxiliary Instructors about boating safely!
Boat America is a boating certificate class that offers an in-depth and interesting boating safety course, and provides the knowledge needed to obtain a boating certificate.
Some insurance companies will also offer discounts on boating insurance to boaters who successfully complete this course.
TOPICS INCLUDE
-Introduction to Boating – Types of power boats, boating vocabulary, sailboats, paddle boats, powering boats, and engine types.
-Boating Law – Boat registration, regulations, hull identification numbers, required safety equipment, Federal boating law, state boating law, and reporting accidents.
-Safety Equipment – Life jackets, fire extinguishers, sound-producing devices, visual distress signals, anchors, and other safety equipment.
-Safe Operation and Navigation – Buoys and beacons, aids to navigation, navigation rules, docking, and the dangers of alcohol on the water.
-Boating Emergencies – Hypothermia, boating accidents, man overboard, capsizing, emergency radio calls, carbon monoxide dangers, and weather.
-Trailering – Types of trailers, lights, hitches, towing a trailer.
-Sports and Boating – Water-skiing, hunting and hunting gear, PWC operation, and other boating tips.


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Earn your FWC Boating Safety Card with USCGAUX Boat America Course!, 16 August | Event in Sarasota | AllEvents
Earn your FWC Boating Safety Card with USCGAUX Boat America Course!
Sat, 16 Aug, 2025 at 08:00 am