Classes

Your Santa Barbara chapter of “America’s Boating Club” (formerly United States Power Squadrons) will be teaching a Marine Navigation course that provides the basic skills you need to plan and safely navigate your boat using traditional (dead reckoning, charts) and modern (GPS, electronic) methods. Course Description: Marine Navigation is the first course in the sequence […]

Summer Seminar 1: Weather for Boaters – Basic weather including fronts, winds, fog, clouds, forecasting and local weather. Click  HERE for more details  

Summer Seminar 2: Basics of Celestial Navigation– Learn how to use a sextant and take a noon sight to determine your Latitude position, sextant provided or bring your own. Click HERE for more information  

Summer Seminar 3: Anchoring with Assurance – Learn how to choose an anchor and anchorage, and anchor your boat safely and confidently   Click HERE  for more information

Summer Seminar 4: Knots and Line Handling – The knots you need to know, line selection, care for lines, hands on practice Click HERE  for more information  

Seminar 1:  Rules of the Road – Navigation aids, lights, markers, sounds, rules when encountering other vessels.  October 17 Click  HERE for a link to the seminar brochure Cost is $20 for individual seminar or PACKAGE DEAL $60 for all four. seminars - Refer to Brochure link above.  Purchase tickets at link below.

Second seminar in Fall series covering docking and undocking for both motor and sailboats Click  HERE to see full brochure 

Third seminar of Fall 2023 Series - Maneuvering Underway Click  HERE for the full seminar brochure

Fourth seminar of Fall 2023 series - Handling Emergencies Onboard Click HERE  for full seminar brochure

Cruise Planning Course March 5, 2024 through April 2, 2024 Tuesdays 7-9pm Harbor Marine Center Classroom Your Santa Barbara chapter of  America’s Boating Club (formerly United States Power Squadrons will be teaching a Cruise Planning course covering:  Destination selection, boat and crew selection, boat systems, anchoring, navigation, electronics, meals, provisioning, communications, foreign travel, chartering, security, […]