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Docking & Securing

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boathandling skills of returning to a dock and/or slip and securing the boat. Setting Up the Drill: Equipment: powerboats rigged with bow, stern and spring…

Follow the Leader

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skills of turning and making speed adjustments while staying in formation. Helps beginning operators bring the boat to a planing speed by having…

Formation

Purpose-Value: Controls moving a group of boats efficiently from one place to another by keeping them in a controlled formation. Practice and develop the boat handling skills of turning and…

Forward Slalom

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skill of controlling the boat when making a series of turns in forward gear. Apply the pivot point principle while turning through the…

High-Speed Stop in Emergency Mode

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boathandling skill of making a high-speed stop in the shortest possible distance without taking wake over the transom. A skill used if the boat has…

High-Speed Turns

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skill of turning safely at high speeds. Setting Up the Drill: Boats transition to high speed turns in the Follow the Leader drill….

Hold Position – Downwind

Purpose-Value: Hold a boat in a fixed position while waiting for dock space, ramp access, or a bridge or lock to open. Stresses the importance of the maxim, “Keep the…

Williamson Turn

Purpose-Value: To practice and develop the boat handling skill of using a Williamson Turn (sequence of 90-degree and 270-degree turns) to return on the reciprocal of the original track. A…

Inshore Powerboat Cruising

To responsibly operate a cruising powerboat within sight of land for multiple days in unfamiliar waters Equipment It is required that Inshore Powerboat Cruising courses and examinations be conducted on…

Avoidance Turn Slalom at High-Speed

Purpose-Value: Practice and develop the boat handling skill of preventing the stern from hitting an object (e.g., buoy, mooring) or a person who has fallen overboard. Teaches how a boat…