MOBILE, Ala. – The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Auxiliary Flotilla 08-01, in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, will conduct a free personal watercraft and boating safety course at the West Point Lake Project Management Office, May 12. The course will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. EST and will provide information on legal requirements, navigation rules, preventing personal watercraft and boating accidents, and new boating laws.
Participants will receive a certificate from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources upon completion of the course. The course also meets Georgia’s law that requires completion of a safe boating course for persons born after January 1, 1998 who wish to operate a personal watercraft or boat without adult supervision.
For Alabama residents, the certificate will exempt them from taking the written exam when obtaining an Alabama boating license.
A maximum of 25 participants can be accommodated for the course on a first-come, first-served basis. Pre-registration is necessary through the Georgia Department of Natural Resources website at www.gooutdoorsgeorgia.com. Students who complete the class will receive a free annual day-use pass good for any Army Corps of Engineers project lake in the country.
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Release no. 18-030