Cost: $550

Duration: 3 hrs

Up to 5 Family Members
(Min Age: 10)

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Family Powerboating / Private Lessons

Have a New Boat?

This water-based hands-on class is an opportunity for your whole family to get together, have fun, and let a certified professional teach everyone how to drive a boat.

You may choose one of our existing private NSBC modules, or scroll down to request a customized training.

In either case, a certified SaferBoater Captain will come and meet you and up to 4 more family members age 10 over on your family boat.  Click which module you would like to learn.

You'll Make Boating Fun Again, when you learn the skills every captain needs to run their own ship.

Course Menu

Module 1 : Boating Fundamentals

  • Centering the wheel
  • Shifting gears
  • Pre-departure Checklist
  • Station Holding
  • and more...

Module 2 : Precision Docking & Boat Handling

  • Departing from dock
  • 180-Degree Turnarounds
  • Docking on Port & Starboard
  • Using S.C.A.N. procedures
  • and more...

Module 3 : Open Water

  • Utilizing boat trim
  • Displacement & Planning
  • Ferrying
  • Emergency Stops
  • Land and depart from the shoreline
  • Maintain Position in wind
  • Collision Avoidance
  • and more...

Module 3 : Advanced Maneuvering

  • Properly Handle Wakes & Waves
  • Emergency Stops
  • Man-Overboard Retrievals
  • Gradual, Sharp and Avoidance Turning Maneuvers
  • and more...

Request a Custom Time or Training

Selected Value: 1
You may have up to 4 people for the same price
(This is a requested date, and is not a set appointment until it has been confirmed by SaferBoater)
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Describe your boating experience or what you would like to learn during this skillbuilder course.