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Public Education

We offer several boating safety courses that are open to any boater in the Mobile Bay area. We offer a wide variety of boating courses tailored to specific needs including boat handling, legal responsibilities, aids to navigation, rules of the road, piloting, and PWCs. Passing the exam from the BS&S course or BSC will exempt boaters from taking the Alabama Vessel Operator's exam.

**Course Name for Course description**
Abbreviation	Course	Length	Audience
BS&S	Boating Skills and Seamanship	6 to 13 lessons	Power boaters
SF	Sailing Fundamentals	7 to 14 lessons	Sailors
BCN	Basic Coastal Navigation	8 lessons	All boaters
ACN	Advanced Coastal Navigation	12 lessons	All boaters
BSC	Boating Safely Course	8 hours	All boaters
PWC	Personal Watercraft Course	1 hour	All Boaters
GPS	Navigating with GPS	3 Hour	All Boaters
W&K	Water & Kids	1 hour	4-7 year olds
B&K	Boats & Kids	1 hour	5-12 year olds

Please check our Calendar for a schedule of courses or send an email to FSO-PE to add a course to the schedule.

Forrest van Loon

FSO - PE

Alabama Approved On-line Boating Course (Note: $15 charge for each exam)

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