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

Sat, 15 Nov, 2025 at 08:00 am UTC-05:00

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

US Coast Guard Aux Flotilla 84 Sarasota, Florida
Publisher/HostUS Coast Guard Aux Flotilla 84 Sarasota, Florida
Earn your FWC Boating Safety Card with USCGAUX Boat America Course!
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Earn your Florida Fish and Wildlife Boater Safety Certificate while being taught by local USCG Auxiliary Instructors about boating safely! $35 per person
https://www.flotilla84sarasota.com/course-registration
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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