Want to Learn How to Boat? (Grand Haven, MI)
Affordable 3-Hour On-Water Training Courses, August 24 & 25: Intro to Boating and Women Making Waves offered in Grand Haven
Published: Wednesday, August 7, 2019
Want to learn the basics of powerboating or brush up on your skills? The nonprofit BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water together with Freedom Boat Club Grand Haven offer a choice of two fun on-water boat training courses taught aboard single-engine powerboats: Intro to Boating and Women Making Waves, Saturday, August 24, and Sunday, August 25, at the club’s location at Keenan Marina at 516 Pine Street, Spring Lake.
Both the Intro to Boating and Women Making Waves courses are three hours long and affordably priced at a discounted early bird rate of $119 per person through August 9, then $149 thereafter. Intro to Boating covers shifting and steering, basic docking, open-water handling and basic navigation. It’s offered both days at 9:30 a.m.
The ladies-only course, Women Making Waves, offers the same curriculum and is the perfect opportunity to spend half a day learning boat-handling techniques in a supportive environment. It’s also offered both days at 9:30 a.m.
Class size is limited to four students per vessel, ensuring each student gets sufficient time at the helm under the watchful eye of a U.S. Coast Guard-certified instructor.
The goal of the BoatUS Foundation and Freedom Boat Club Grand Haven courses is to address the high costs typically associated with at-the-helm training, making hands-on boating education more accessible. The courses also offer area residents the chance to try out recreational boating and give boaters the opportunity to brush up on their boat-handling skills.
Space is limited. Must be 21 years or older. To sign up for a course or seek out others, go to BoatUS.org/On-Water.
tags: Boating 101, Education, Event, Events, Lake Michigan, Women In Boating
