
Make the commitment to develop your skills, embrace your love of boating, and join our boating community as a safe & confident boater. Your family and friends will love you for it!
“There is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” ~ Kenneth Grahame




The SaferBoater Difference - Why Choose Us?
Any licensed captain can theoretically teach you the basics of how to drive a boat. So why is SaferBoater so Succesful in teaching new boat owners?
Because our On The Water Training Program is the Fastest Way to Learn to Boat. Guaranteed!
To start, we offer standardized, certified training courses that are recognized in all 50 States and internationally in over 30 countries. This means you could visit hundreds of our captains and get the same premier boater training, regardless if you attend a class in Maine, Florida, Texas, or Ohio.
Equally as important, you will have the knowledge, capability and legal eligibility required to buy, rent & operate boats in each state that requires a boating license. As an added benefit, our curriculum will meet the requirements (and even save you money) with most insurance carriers as well.


US Sailing/Powerboating is the national leader in on-the-water training and education.
US Powerboating is an affiliate of US Sailing, the National Governing Body for the sport of sailing in the United States. It is nationally approved by NASBLA, the National Association of Boating Administrators, in all 50 states.
Courses taught with the NSBC are approved by NASBLA and are offered in 3-hour sections on the Boatus.org website.
- As a rigorously Trained & Certified U.S. Sailing School, we are one of only a handful of schools in the entire United States authorized to certify you with both a Sailing and Yacht IPC certification.
- How? (glad you asked...)
- US Sailing is the Congress-chartered governing body over the sport of sailing.
- US Powerboating, their sister branch, is the Only Organization authorized by the European Union issue an International Proficiency Certificate (IPC) for Motoryachts in the US.
- Thus, we are able to offer both Sailing and Yacht IPC certification.






