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Course held at:
Brewers Greenwich Bay Marina
USCG Auxiliary Building 1 Masthead Dr
Warwick, RI 02886 (exit 10 North/10B South off 95) |
GPS Class:
Meets one day and it is FREE to all.
Summer Class:
Class meets for 4 weeks
twice a week on
Mondays & Thursdays Winter Classes:
Power and Sail classes meets for 8 weeks
twice a week on
Mondays & Thursdays Navigation course meets Mondays
only for 13 weeks.
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NEW LAWS FOR THE 2008 BOATING SEASON
Life Jacket Requirement for Water-skiers:
46-22-12 Water skis and surfboards. – (a) No person shall operate a
vessel on any waters of this state for towing a person or persons on
water skis, or a surfboard, or similar device unless there is in the
vessel a person at least twelve (12) years of age, in addition to the
operator, in a position to observe the progress of the person or persons
being towed. Any person or persons on water skis, a surfboard, a tube or
similar device that is being towed behind a vessel on any waters of this
state shall be required to wear a life jacket approved by the U.S. Coast
Guard.
Child Life Jacket Requirement:
46-22-9.2 Flotation devices – Children. – Any person transporting a
child under thirteen (13) years of age in a recreational vessel less
than sixty-five (65) feet in length on the waters of this state shall
require that the child wear a personal flotation device approved by the
United States Coast Guard when underway, unless below deck or in a
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PUBLIC
EDUCATION CLASSES