NJ Safe Boating Course

On Toms River at Barnegat Bay -- minutes from exit 82 on the Garden State Parkway.

Boating is the most enjoyable pastime we can think of, but don't endanger your family and friends by jumping into boating with no training. 

Nelson's experienced and licensed Captains will provide you with the training and knowledge you will need to be a safe and confident skipper.  We love NJ boating and want to share our knowledge.

Get your safe boating certificate in one day in our intensive classroom training course.
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Cover all the bases to make you a competent boater: safety afloat, navigation, rules of the road, NJ regulations, fueling procedures, handling emergencies, radio procedures, weather, pollution issues, and boat handling and seamanship. 
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Our multi-media presentations will make your learning experience easy and enjoyable
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Conveniently located at our Toms River waterfront training facility or elsewhere
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Get all your questions answered -- we are here to help you any way we can.

 

All persons who wish to operate a power vessel must possess a Boating Safety Certificate by June 1, 2009, or the following, phased in by age: Persons born in 1969 or later, by June 1, 2006 Persons born in 1959 or later, by June 1 2007 Persons born in 1949 or later, by June 1 2008


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Course Specifics

Cost: $60.00 per person

Click to See Class Schedule/Register for a Class. 

Location: Nelson Sailing Center, 12 Lake Drive, Island Heights, NJ

Testing: upon completion of the course
 

Test Out Option -- This option allows boaters, born before 1979, with 100 hours of power vessel operating experience, to complete the same written examination they would have attempted after an approved course without actually completing a course.  The applicant may only take the test-out-option once.  If the applicant is unsuccessful on the first attempt, they will not receive a certificate, and cannot test again until they complete an approved boating safety course, and successfully complete the examination. Available through May 31, 2009 Price:  $25 per person, pass or fail

 Located in the Toms River Area
 Just 5-10 mins from the Parkway

 
 
 
 
 

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You are heading into a harbor and you come to a horizontally banded buoy with a red stripe on top and a green one below it.  Which way do you go?

Ans. Keep the buoy on your right and go straight ahead for the main channel, turn right and keep the buoy on your left for the secondary channel.

You pull up to the gas dock in your outboard powered boat and you prepare to gas up. True or False: you open all windows and hatches to make sure you have good ventilation, then make sure the gas nozzle does not touch the metal rim of the gas filler, to prevent sparks?

Ans. FALSE.  Keep the boat closed up while gassing, then open everything when you are finished; and the gas nozzle must be kept in contact with the metal rim to safely discharge static electricity while fueling.

Get these wrong in the test that really counts (on the water) and you will ruin your whole day.  Running aground can bring on costly repairs, big towing charges, and it can be dangerous if you are going fast.  And, needless to say, fire and explosion are some of the big risks to know about in boating.

Fire Safety
 

Weather
 

Radio Procedures