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Get out of the classroom and behind the wheel! US Powerboating offers the nation’s best and most comprehensive hands-on powerboat courses. Whether you’re looking for your first experience at the…

Slow Speed to Planing to Slow Speed Transitions

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skill of making the transition from slow speed to planing to slow speed while optimizing visibility and boat control during the maneuver. Setting…

Minimum Control Speed Formation

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skill of operating a boat with control at the slowest possible speed (slower than at idle speed) when docking, approaching a ramp or…

Person-in-Water (PIW)/Crew Overboard (COB) Rescue

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skills of taking immediate and proper action when a person falls overboard and to successfully maneuver back to the person in the water…

Person-in-Water (PIW) Retrieval (dockside)

Purpose-Value: Practice the skill of bringing a person in the water onboard a boat using appropriate equipment and techniques, and to determine limitations in successful retrievals. Setting Up the Drill:…

Pivot Turn

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skill of turning a boat in a confined space (e.g., marina, a narrow channel) or to avoid hitting an object. Setting Up the…

“Rubber” Docking

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skills of leaving and returning to a dock on both sides of a boat. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: 4 to 6 buoys…

Securing Boat (dockside)

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the skill of safely securing a boat to a dock or slip with appropriate docklines, knots, and line tension for the existing and forecasted conditions. Setting…

Steer a Compass Course

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the skill of steering on a compass course for at least 100 yards. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: compass Individual compass course assignments are prepared for…

Mast Tip Lift

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the rescue skill of approaching and righting a capsized sailboat, using the Mast Tip Lift method. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: sailboat with flotation at top…