Think Safety, Boat Safely! Save Lives!Take a safe boating class!

The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 87, has been teaching boating safety classes on Lake Anna since 1993. Instructors are state and Coast Guard certified.

Flotilla 87 offers the FREE Boat Virginia class on the 4th Saturday of each month January-November at the Louisa County Library at 881 Davis Road Louisa, VA from 8:30-4:30. Additionally, the class is offered in 2 evening sessions in April, May and June.

This 8 hour course is approved by NASBLA, National Association of State Boating Law Administrators and satisfies the education requirement enacted by state law.

This course covers the following topics:

• Boat terminology, handling your boat, navigation skills
• Safety equipment on your boat and how to use it
• Legal requirements for operating a boat
• Laws affecting PWC ( jet ski) operators
• ATONS (Aids to Navigation)
• Boating at night or in low visibility situations
• Handling emergencies

Upon successful completion of the exam at the end of this course, students will be issued a DGIF card, signed by a Coast Guard Auxiliary instructor, that certifies the holder has completed the safe boating requirement.

Boaters are required to carry that proof of successful completion on board while operating a boat or jet ski.

  Interested in taking the class?

  For registration and more details, call Jean McCormick, Flotilla Commander, at 571-236-5247 or email her at: jeanmccor@aol.com.

Flotilla 87 believes the more people learn and practice safe boating habits, the safer we all will be on America’s waterways.