EDUCATION - PUBLIC COURSES
AMERICAS BOATING
COURSE 3rd EDITION
ABC3 is all new with an updated manual, outstanding graphics, and two bonus computer disks. The course manual is divided into five chapters. The first four cover required topics like rules of the road, types of boats, required equipment, navigation aids, lights & sounds, anchoring, communications, adverse conditions, water sports safety, trailering, personal water craft safety, and knots & lines. The fifth chapter provides an introduction to digital charts and GPS waypoint navigation, a key skill for boating on larger lakes, rivers and coastal waters, which is great background for more advanced piloting courses. ABC3 is approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), is recognized by the US Coast Guard, and is accepted by most states as meeting their requirements for getting a safety certificate where required for water craft operation.
America's Boating Course
3rd Edition
is the latest public
boating course offered by USPS
to the general boating community.
You may be familiar with our prior courses
such as The Squadron Boating Course,
Boat Smart, Chart Smart, or
the original America's Boating Course.
Learn more at www.americasboatingcourse.com
Although we recommend ABC3 as a classroom course, it may be taken as a PC-based home study for people whose obligations would make it difficult to attend a classroom course. Both classroom and at home students receive two bonus computer disks, the Courseware CD with guided instruction plus video & audio as well as Rose Point Navigation Systems' Coastal Explorer Viewer Edition software with the entire library of NOAA’s raster navigation charts. If you sign up for ABC3 home study, you will be contacted by a USPS member to offer assistance and schedule a proctored final exam.
Use the Course Schedule link to the left to find courses in the Peconic Bay area, or the USPS National Web Site link at the bottom of the page to sign up for home study.