Dive Deep With Courses

Beginner, intermediate or advanced — whatever your skill level, our in-depth boating education courses will boost your knowledge and confidence on the water.

• America’s Boating Course gives you the basics you need to get out on the water safely, and it meets most states boating education requirements. Now available in Spanish.
• Boat Handling (Formerly Seamanship) builds your competence and confidence on the water with an in-depth look at the practical boating skills.
• Marine Navigation (formerly Piloting) and Advanced Marine Navigation  (formerly Advanced Piloting) give you the skills you need to get where you’re going using charts and marine electronics as well as a knowledge of winds, currents, and tides.
• Offshore Navigation (formerly Junior Navigation) and Celestial Navigation, (formerly Navigation) a must for oceangoing captains, teach you about planning and monitoring your voyage using modern marine electronics and how celestial observations can help you estimate your vessel’s position with confidence.
• Cruising and Cruise Planning prepare you for a multi-day voyage.
• Engine Maintenance gives you information on how engines work and basic maintenance procedures, as well as how to recognize problems.
• Marine Electronics
  – Marine Electrical Systems provides information on Alternating and Direct current, as well as boat electrical systems
  – Marine Communications Systems explains the different types of radios and communication options
  – Electronic Navigation gives you basic information on the various electronic devices available today that help you navigate and select routes
  – Radar for Boaters gives you basic information on radar
• Sail provides information on sail terminology, the types of sailboats, and operation
• Weather is a detailed study of the causes of weather, various types of storms, clouds, and predicting weather