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The Canadian Power and Sail Squadron’s PCOC and Basic Boating Courses – which course do you need?
To meet Canadian Coast Guard requirements, everyone who operates a motorized pleasure craft requires a Pleasure Craft Operator Card (PCOC). However, if you cruise or fish on Lake Huron you may need more than a PCOC.
The following may help you decide:
The CPS Pleasure Craft Operator Card course qualifies you to receive the PCOC card (sometimes referred to as the ‘Boating Licence’) and covers introductory boating knowledge for use in protected waters.
The CPS Basic Boating Course provides additional information on the basics as well as the following areas:
* Navigational skills – skills to get you from here to there even when out of sight of land – and to be able to estimate your current position all with or without the aid of a GPS
* Seamanship skills – such as what to do in the case of fog, heavy rain, heavy weather, grounding, person overboard, knots, line selection, handling canals and locks etc.
* Safe Cruising skills – what anchors are good for what bottoms, anchoring securely, using your dock lines in awkward situations etc
The Basic Boating Course gives you more than the basics. Get both the PCOC and more advanced Boating Training in a comprehensive 16 week Boating Course in an interactive classroom situation.
For more information click Here . For a list of all courses available through CPS click Here .