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South Shore Power Squadron, draws its members from the south shore of Long Island, Nassau County, New York. Founded in 1928, South Shore Power Squadron is a fraternal non-profit boating organization. Offering boating courses to the Public has been a traditional civic service of the United States Power Squadrons organization. Several courses are offered to the Public, while advanced courses are available only to members. To learn more about any of these, choose the one that interests you from the list or click on a topic on the left.

Blessing of the Fleet - June 13th


Kids Adventures in Boating - June 18th

Gilligan's Island Weekend Raft-up


Educational Classes - Spring and Summer
Location
Date
Class
Contact

Classes are given at these Long Island locations with the following start dates.
Classes begin at 7:30 and walk-in registration starts at 7pm the first night.
Pre-registration required - (516) 520-0033
click a date to register or a class for more details

Seminar
Locations


Freeport High School
50 S Brookside Ave
Freeport, NY 11520

Blue Water Yacht Club
1944 Bayberry Ave
Merrick, NY

Baldwin Public Library
2385 Grand Ave
Baldwin, NY

Thursday July 16th

Using GPS
Basic Operation of a GPS
TBA
Boat Handling
Basic boat manuvering skills

Anchoring
How to safely & properly

Safe Boating
Blue Water
Yacht Club
Merrick, NY

Basic Boating Class (12hr)
NY State Certificate

Advanced Classes Navigation
Freeport High School
50 S Brookside Ave
Freeport, NY 1152
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TBA

Piloting
Basics of Chart Navigation

Seamanship
Boat Handling

Advanced Piloting
Chart Navigation




Electives
Freeport High School
50 S Brookside Ave
Freeport, NY 11520

TBA

 

TBA

Cruise Planning
Fundamentals of trip preparedness

Instructor Development

Free Vessel Safety Checks on these Day's
  • Blue Water Yacht Club Merrick, NY on TBA
  • Guy Lombardo Marina, Freeport, NY on sat June 6th at the transient dock
  • Empire Point Marina, Island Park, NY on sat June 20th, at the courtesy/gas dock
  • Al Grovers High & Dry Marina, Freeport, NY on sat June 27th at the courtesy dock

e-mail sspsvesselexam@verizon.net for more details

Carbon Monoxide Poisioning - A Real and Present Danger
South Stree Seaport Museum, Freeport LI

Self Education -- Our Advanced Educational Courses

USPS Learning Guides

Fraternal Boating Club -- Our Activites
Sunsation, our new publication

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Other USPS Links
District 3 - Long Island, New York
(we're a member of D3)
United States Power Squadrons
- The National Organization's Web Page

Squadron Calendar

Boating Activies


 

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Special Links



Interesting Links


Sea Dogs
Summer 2008 Education Cruise
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Roster Information and Advertisement Rates
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Local Boating Magazines

Boating Times Long Island

LI Boating World