BOATING BOATINGThe Pleasure Craft Operator Card gets you there. The CPS BOATING Course gets you back! Whether you're interested in power, sail or canoe, this course is for you. It contains expanded and detailed boating safety info. The challenge of plotting and navigation skills and interaction with other boaters all await you in this exciting, "chock-full-of-info" course. Successful completion of an "accredited" examination will allow you to achieve operator competency and a Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC). Successful completion of the exam at the end of the course will provide you with the 1st year of CPS Regular Membership and associated benefits, WPSS Membership and newsletter, and a CPS member's flag for your boat. One of the few boating safety courses recognized by insurers for safety discounts.
Topics include: »
Characteristics of boats » Licensing, registration, and other requirements » Mandatory equipment » Optional equipment
» Ropes, lines, and
knots »
Handling a boat under power » Handling a boat under
sail »
Weather »
Preparing to launch »
Skipper’s responsibilities before setting out » Skipper’s responsibilities
when under way » Collision Regulations » Canadian aids to
navigation »
Emergencies »
Canals and locks »
Tides and tidal
currents »
Trailering »
Winter lay-up »
Waterskiing »
Auxiliary boats »
Checklist for lay-up »
Pre-launch checklist »
The magnetic compass and correction for variation/deviation »
Anchors and anchoring » Chart reading and
interpretation »
Plotting a course
Course runs 14
weeks twice per year (usually starting in Sept. or Oct and Jan or Feb -
one
evening per
week from 7 to 10pm.
Course fee
includes: Student Notes;
Homework Folder; one Training Chart "A"; Chart No. 1; Collision
Regulations; Government Publications; course binder; and CPS Course
Plotter &
Plotting Kit.
COURSE
FEE: $225.00
Add'l Family Members at same
address sharing some materials: $125.00
THIS COURSE
WILL NEXT BE OFFERED:
SPRING 2008
E-Mail
Course Instructors:
P/C Mike Smith, P
Pre-register online: 
or call (519) 977-
9611