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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…

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…

Tow Alongside

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skill of towing a disabled boat or a sailboat alongside and docking it. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: bow, stern, and spring lines;…

Tow & Be Towed

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skills of towing a disabled boat or a sailboat, and being towed by another boat. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: 1 towline and…

Take a Round of Bearings and Plot

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the skill of taking and recording bearings to objects that can be used to plot or determine a boat’s position. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: hand…

Steer a Range – Outbound

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the skill of steering and maintaining an outbound range. This skill can be used to maintain a safe course in a channel. Setting Up the Drill:…

Steer a Range – Inbound

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the skill of steering and maintaining an inbound range. This skill can be used to maintain a safe course in a channel. Setting Up the Drill:…

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…

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…

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…