BOATING SAFETY CLASS
Enroll Today in a DNR Boater Safety Class
April 8th, 10th, 15th & 17th
6 - 9p.m.
FVTC Riverside Campus Room 160
(located at 150 N Campbell Road)
For more information and to sign up call
Tim Carr @ 920-235-5916
Shelly Squier, a Wisconsin DNR Certified Boating Safety Instructor, invites all individuals interested in recreational boating to enroll in a Wisconsin boating safety course. Anyone is welcome to attend a course, but a student must be at least 10 years of age to receive a certificate. There is no maximum age, and parents and adults are welcome to enroll and participate.
Advance registration is required. Please contact Tim Carr @ 920-235-5916 for details. The course fee is $10.00 which covers all necessary materials.
Persons successfully completing the course will receive a boating safety graduate certificate. Young students certified will be able to operate a motorboat without a parent or guardian present at 12 years of age instead of 16. This course is required for anyone between 12 and 16 years of age who wish to operate a personal watercraft.
Classes will cover boating safety topics such as rules of the water, equipment requirements, rules and regulations, ethics, responsibility, and basic navigation. Boating can be fun when done properly. We need better educated boaters to protect the positive image of boating with the increased demand on our waterways.
The Wisconsin Legislature has passed a Mandatory Boating Education bill. This bill requires anyone born on or after 1-1-1989 and at least 16 years of age to have a boating safety education certificate to operate a motorboat on Wisconsin’s waterways. This new law took effect in 2006.
