Underway

Avg. rating 3.7

Underway

Avg. rating 3.7

This course shows the learner how to steer a straight course at high speed in a predetermined direction. How to trim boats while underway by adjusting the position of passengers or gear. How to stop boats from planning or normal operating speed. Hot to select the best anchors, chains, and rodes for boats and the waters where they will be anchoring. As well as how to respond when a person falls overboard by returning the boat to the person in the water.

Topics covered include: Getting on plane, operating and manoeuvring, stopping a boat, anchoring and the man overboard procedures.


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America's Boating Channel

America’s Boating Channel™ is produced by United States Power Squadrons® (USPS) under a grant from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund administered by the U.S. Coast Guard. The service features professionally produced high-definition safe boating and boater education videos. America’s Boating Channel has been recognized with the National Boating Industry Safety Award as the 2021 Top Marine Media Outlet and with the 2022 International Boating & Water Safety Summit Communication Award for the top Video Public Service Announcement (PSA) Series. As the premier boating organization dedicated to “Safe Boating through Education” since 1914, USPS is America’s Boating Club® – For Boaters, By Boaters™.

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  1. Rating:
    Avg. rating 3.7
  2. Price:
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  3. Language: English
  4. Length: 50 minutes
  5. Intended for: Recreational Boater
  6. Reference: Not based on any reference
  7. Last Updated: August 23, 2023

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