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State Boating Safety Course Set for Dec. 10
The required "About Safe Boating" course will take place at the VFW Post 12106 in Branford this season.
United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 24-01 in Branford will run the course required to obtain a state Boating/Personal Watercraft Operator certificate on Saturday, Dec. 10, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at its new base shared with VFW Post 12106 located at 99 Indian Neck Ave. in Branford.
Pre-registration is required. No walk-ins permitted. There are no age restrictions for this class. The cost for the About Boating Safely course is $65 per person and includes coffee, soda, snacks and lunch for those who sign up.
The cost includes all materials needed to attend and complete the course. A proctored exam follows full completion of the course. Certificates for passing scores will be delivered after a test is complete.
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Visit the Coast Guard's website at www.coastguardauxiliary.com for the registration form: Click on Click to Enter > New Class! Click here to sign up > About Boating Safely Course (ABSC) and scroll down to see the application form link, click on “click here.”
Download the form, complete it in full and mail with check for $65, made payable to 1701 Inc. to:
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Branford Flotilla 17-01, Inc. P.O. Box #916, Branford, CT 06405
For more information, call Mark Haines, Flotilla Commander and Public Education Officer, at 203-623-0505, or email him at boater1701@comcast.net, or leave a message with your name and return phone number at 203-488-5349. And one of the guard's staff members will return your call.
Free parking is located at Indian Neck School adjacent to the VFW building off Melrose Avenue. Directions are also on the Guard's website.
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