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Boating Courses On The Water
District 3 is the Long Island New York regional organization of the United States Power Squadrons, a non-profit educational 501 (c)(3) organization that teaches safe boating, boat handling, navigation, and various courses to members and to the public. Each squadron or local club is ready to help local boaters learn more. Contact a local club near you for more information. Contact a squadron near you and take a safe boating course or advanced educational course today. NY State Law requires all “Motor Boat Operators born on or after Jan 1st, 1993 to obtain a Boating Safety Certificate. Virtual, in-person, and blended classrooms are now available. On-line classes bring safe boating courses directly to your home. In-person classes allow students to meet directly with instructors. Blended Classes include both formats for today’s busy students. To choose your boating educational options contact a Squadron near you.
United States Power Squadrons is part of America’s Boating Club. America’s Boating Club offers a wide range of boating courses and seminars for all levels, including boat handling, navigation, boating rules and regulations, marine electronics, boat maintenance in the classroom, online, and on the water. Since its founding in 1914, America’s Boating Club has helped make boating better through boating education and safety programs.
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District 3 Boating Courses
Squadron: Captree - America’s Boating
Course
Contact: Eugene Johnson Phone: 631-921-3403
Email: pwrbtr@aol.com
Location: Zoom
City: Babylon, NY 11702
Start Date: SEP 26, 2023 Time: 07:00PM
Cost: $60.00
Squadron: Port Washington - America’s Boating Course
Contact: Mary Anne Mccoy Phone: 516-680-8636
Email: mmcnp@aol.com
Location: Virtual Classroom
City: Port Washington, NY 11050
Start Date: OCT 18, 2023 Time: 07:30PM
Cost: $60.00
District 3 Advanced Classes
Subject: Advanced Piloting, Squadron: Captree
Contact: Gene Johnson Phone: 631-921-3403
Email: pwrbtr@aol.com
Location: Virtual Address: On Line
City: Babylon, NY 11702
Start Date: SEP 19, 2023 Time: 07:00PM
Cost: $195.00
Road Safety Concerns
—Submitted by United States Power Squadrons
I read your article in the Great Neck Record and I was so happy that you could come up with something so important for so many people, specifically to me and my children. We live in Great Neck north and we are runners. My kids also walk to school every day. That part of Great Neck has become so dangerous to pedestrians, bicycles and runners like myself. I just hope you have more articles related to this, because here in Great Neck in just the last two years I have had three friends who were walking to work or home who were hit by cars.
Thank you.
—Celso Da Silva, Great Neck
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