Elective Courses
In-Person Courses
Sail
Learn about basic sailboat designs and nomenclature, rigging, and safety from experienced USPS sailors. Then tackle the physical aspects of sailing forces and techniques, sail applications, marlinespike, helmsmanship, and handling of difficult sailing conditions. This course will benefit non-sailors as well as novice and experienced sailors.
What’s Included?
· Types of sailboat rigs and hull shapes, including sail configurations and standing rigging
· Wind and water forces affecting sailboat stability and balance
· Sail shape and tuning the standing rigging
· Steering and helmsmanship
· Sailing upwind, downwind and spinnaker handling
· Heavy weather sailing and storm conditions
· Boat operations including docking, anchoring and safety issues.
Course Fee: $80 USPS members, $120 2 members sharing materials, $160 non-members
This course continues for 12 sessions.
Where: Anchorage Park Facilities Bldg., 303 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach, FL.
Course Schedule
This course is not
scheduled at this time
Come for the boating
education…..
Stay for the friends
Course Schedule
This course is not
scheduled at this time
Come for the boating
education…..
Stay for the friends
Weather
The safety and comfort of those who venture out on the water have always been weather dependent. In this course, students will become keener observers of the weather, but weather observations only have meaning in the context of the basic principles of meteorology—the science of the atmosphere. The course focuses on how weather systems form, behave, move, and interact with one another and reflects the availability of all sorts of weather reports and forecasts on the internet. This is a general weather course benefiting those sitting in their living rooms, as much as those standing behind the helm.
What’s Included?
· The atmosphere: temperature and heat
· Wind, pressure, and waves
· Water, humidity and fog
· Stability, clouds, and precipitation
· Thunderstorms, tornadoes, lightning and optical effects
· Mid-latitude weather and storms
· Tropical weather and storms
Course Fee: $80 USPS members, $120 2 members sharing materials, $160 non-members
This course usualy continues for 10 sessions
Where: Anchorage Park Activities Building, 603 Anchorage Drive, North Palm Beach, FL
Online Courses
This is an online course
given by
America’s Boating Club
Come for the boating
education…..
Stay for the friends
Cruising Under Power & Sail
Get ready for road trips on the water. Take Cruising under Power and Sail to gain the skills and confidence you need to head out the waterways for the weekend—or weeks at a time. Prepare for cruises, raft-ups and rendezvous up the river, down the bay, along the coast and over the border.
This comprehensive online course offered by United States Power Squadrons, America’s Boating Club, includes 16 fully narrated modules and a downloadable PDF student guide, giving you total control of what and how quickly you learn.
You’ll learn about
- Planning a cruise—choosing and equipping your boat, selecting crew and provisioning
- Navigation—getting there, electronics and communication
- Weather for boaters—forecasting winds and storms
- Crossing borders—crossing international borders
- Safety equipment and emergencies—preparing for the unexpected
- And much more!
This course also includes an exam. America’s Boating Club members who take the course and pass the online test receive the same credit as if they had taken the classroom version. Many insurers offer savings for passing America’s Boating Club courses.