Boating Courses: Bluenose Squadron of Canadian Power and Sail

See our course availability and schedule at www.boatingcourses.ca.

Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons is recognized as the foremost educational boating authority in Canada. Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons offer a variety of home study, online and classroom-based Boating and Navigation courses across Canada. We are non-profit. The Bluenose Squadron is responsible for all of western Nova Scotia but you can take an online course with almost any convenient Squadron.

Some courses can be done anytime at home at your own pace. For example, the Pleasure Craft Operating Certificate and Marine Radio Courses are home-study.

Several Bluenose courses are currently running or are in planning to begin in the coming weeks. More such courses will be added as time and resources permit. Please see our course schedule at www.boatingcourses.ca

For more information please contact our Education Officer, Bob Rutherford at email: seo-bluenose@cps-ecp.org or telephone 902-440-0312.

Our Complete List of Courses:

Required certification courses: Maritime Radio (Restricted Operator’s Certificate [Maritime]) Boating 1 - Boating Basics (Pleasure Craft Operator Card known as the 'PCOC')

Boating Series Courses: Boating 2 - Basic Navigation & Boat Handling - Part 1 Boating 3 - Basic Navigation & Boat Handling - Parts 2 Boating 4 - Near Shore Marine Navigation Level 1 Boating 5 - Near Shore Marine Navigation Level 2 Boating 6 - Offshore Marine Navigation Level 1 Boating 7 - Offshore Marine Navigation Level 2

Elective Courses: Electronic Marine Navigation Radar for Boaters Boat and Engine Maintenance Extended Cruising (Living on a Boat) Sailing Weather for Boaters

The absolute best place to go to see what courses are available at any time: www.boatingcourses.ca. You can also go to www.boatlicencecanada.ca for the boating proficiency card (PCOC) that you need.