Coast Guard Auxiliary Wants to Get You Water Ready

The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary (USCGA, USCGAUX, CGAux, or USCG Aux) is the uniformed, non-military volunteer component of the United States Coast Guard. 

The Auxiliary's Tri-State Flotilla, Massachusetts will be instructing two upcoming boating safety classes in Webster. It is time to get your family’s boating knowledge and skills ready for the 2024 boating season. There is a special offer available to our students on this year’s spring courses, see below.

Boat America Course - for MA, RI, or CT Certification

Saturday: May 18, 2024

Webster Fire Department Classroom

55 Thompson Road, Webster, MA

8 AM to 5 PM

This is a one-day course developed to provide the skills and confidence needed to explore the coast and inland waters by boat. Basic knowledge and skills are needed to have safe and enjoyable boating experiences. This course is perfect for families that have just purchased any type of boat or are planning to in the future, and for the boater keeping up with changes to boating regulations and laws. Basic marlinespike seamanship (knots etc.) will also be included. Successful completion of the course will certify any minor, from 12 to 16 years of age, to operate a powerboat, including a Personal Water Craft / Jet Ski (for 16 & 17-year-old operators), on all Massachusetts waters; in conjunction with the Mass. Environmental Police. Adults completing the course will get a Mass. certification that may be required in the future. Approved by NASBLA it will also cover the requirements to operate a vessel in most other states & many countries where boating safety education is mandatory including RI and CT.

Most boating insurance companies offer a discount on premiums for successful completion of this course.

REGISTER BY MAY 10 – SPACE IS LIMITED !

Suddenly in Command Course - For anyone boating

Wednesday evening: May 22, 2024

Webster Fire Department Classroom

55 Thompson Road, Webster, MA

6:30 to 9 PM

Imagine you are out on the water when the boat’s captain somehow is incapacitated or falls overboard and cannot swim back to the boat. Are you prepared to take basic actions to get help, stop or start the engine and take the helm? A little knowledge could save lives and make you feel more comfortable boating when you are not generally at the helm. Misfortunes can and do happen while on that fishing, diving, adventure, or party charter. Being out on your own boat with that significant other at the helm, or going out on a friends’ pontoon boat, or as a personal watercraft passenger can also turn to horror if the skipper is suddenly out of commission. This is a boating safety primer for those not generally at the helm but would like to know what to do, to be better prepared.

REGISTER BY MAY 17 – SPACE IS LIMITED !

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Registration - Contact our Public Education Officer Phil Kubat for registration or additional information at phil.uscgaux@verizon.net
or call (508) 478-3778.

Participants 16 years old and under must be accompanied, in person, by a registered parent/guardian. The USCGAux. offers courses at no charge however there is a $50 fee for the cost of Boat America materials including the textbook, exclusive Tri-State handouts, and certification(s). The Suddenly in Command Course has a $25 fee for materials and exclusive Tri-State handouts.

SPECIAL OFFER FOR Tri-State STUDENTS

When you register for the Boat America Course with your spouse, immediate family member, or significate other, you can both register in our Suddenly in Command class, scheduled the following Wednesday,

FOR FREE!

INSPECTION PROGRAM

Vessel Safety Check program - As a REWARD for getting a VSC from one of our examiners or at one of our two stations this year, you will be entered to win one of several gift certificates from local marinas, venues, and restaurants. One entry for each vessel examined, winners will be determined and contacted following a drawing on September 24 at our flotilla meeting. Two Tri-State VSC Stations scheduled for 2024 are:

June 15 at Memorial Beach Boat Ramp, Webster, MA

June 22 at Wallum Lake Ramp, Douglas State Forest, Douglas, MA

(9AM – 4 PM, Rain date on the following Sunday)

https://wow.uscgaux.info/content.php?unit=V-DEPT

Boat America Course – Milford High School, Milford, MA - April 27 (One Saturday 8 AM – 5 PM)

Webster Fire Dept., Webster, MA – May 18

Suddenly in Command Course - Milford High School, Milford, MA -- April 30 (6:30 – 9 PM)

Webster Fire Dept., Webster, MA – May 22

*SPECIAL OFFER: When you register for the Boat America Course with your spouse, immediate family member, or significate other, you can both register in our Suddenly in Command class, scheduled the following week, FOR FREE!

Course Registration:

Milford HS - managed through the Milford Community School Use Program, Adult Programs, at

https://milfordcommunityprogram.activityreg.com or Laura Farrell (508) 478-1119,

email lfarrell@milfordma.com

Webster FD - Contact our Public Education Officer Phil Kubat for registration or additional information

at phil.uscgaux@verizon.net
or call (508) 478-3778.

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Find other CGAux. Courses For a Tri-State VSC, (LOCAL)

by Zip Code call or text (508) 864-0782

To find an examiner near your boat