The Waukegan Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 41-5 will be teaching classes on Boating Safety and Navigation during Summer 2010 at their Operations Center (9 N. Harbor Place, Waukegan, IL.). For more information or to register go to www.a095.uscgaux.info or contact Curt Schumacher 847-392-2337. 

About Boating Safely $40 Saturday June 26th at 9am-4pm 
This full day course is fun for the whole family but also very valuable.

About Boating Safely is for recreational boaters (powerboats, personal watercraft, sailboats, and boats which are paddled), and for family and friends who go out with them. It is an interactive boating safety course.

Completion of this course satisfies the Illinois and Wisconsin requirements for individuals age 12-17 to attain a Boater Safety Certificate which allows them to operate a boat without adult supervision.
About Boating Safety is a project of The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.

In addition, the course has been approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators.

The course covers the following topics; Introduction to Boating, Boating Law, Boat Safety Equipment, Safe Boating Navigation, Boating Problems, hypothermia, boating accidents and rescues, man overboard recovery, capsizing, running aground, Trailering,

Storing and Protecting Your Boat, Hunting and Fishing, Water-skiing and River Boating.

Introduction to Navigation $25 Thursday June 24th at 6:30pm and is a 3 hour course.
A basic course to begin your understanding of your piloting tools; maps and charts; your chart's general information block; your magnetic compass; position on the earth's surface; locating a point on a chart; measuring distance; course plotting; speed-time-distance; and dead reckoning.

Most insurance companies offer discounts on boat insurance to individuals who complete a boating safety course.

Boating Safely and Intro to Navigation classes will be held at the
Waukegan Harbor
USCG Auxiliary
9 N. Harbor Place
Waukegan, IL 60085