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Ocean City Power Squadron offers boating course

(Sept. 21, 2017) Ocean City Power Squadron, a unit of the United States Power Squadrons, will present America’s Boating Course at the Ocean Pines Community Center, in the Marlin Room, beginning on Sept. 26.
This is an eight-hour course and will be given on three consecutive days starting on Tuesday, Sept. 26 and continuing on Sept. 27 and 28. An exam will also be given on the last day.  
On the first day registration will be at 5:30 p.m., followed by the class starting at 6 p.m. the same evening. The course will be from 6-9 p.m. each evening. There is a minimal $15 fee for the course and material. Middle school and high school students are free.
Anyone born after July 1, 1972 must satisfactorily complete a safe boating class to operate a recreational vessel or personal watercraft in Maryland. This course covers basic boat handling, navigation, federal and state regulations, rules of the road, aids to navigation, required equipment and much more.
For more information and a recommended early registration, call 410-641-6535 or 410-641-8040.