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Alaska Water Wise

The Alaska Office of Boating Safety offers several educational opportunities throughout the state, including standardized courses and presentations customized for a specific audience.

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Alaska Water Wise

The Alaska Boating Safety Program is pleased to offer Alaska Water Wise, a boating course for Alaskans. This free course is approved by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) as meeting the American National Standard for basic boating knowledge. The course satisfies most states' boating education requirements and may qualify boaters for boat insurance discounts.

Segments include pre-departure preparation, boat operation, boating emergencies, cold-water survival, the navigation rules, and boating laws. Students who complete the course and pass the written exam will be issued a course completion certificate.

This course has also been approved for eight hours of Continuing Medical Education (CME) training by the State of Alaska, Department of Health and Social Services.

For more information or to schedule a course in your community, please contact Joe McCullough.

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  Alaska's boating fatalities: 9 of 10 were not wearing a life jacket, or were never found   -  5 of 6 followed a capsize, swamping, ejection, or fall overboard, into Alaska's cold water   -  9 of 10 were adult males -  9 of 10 involved boats under 26 feet in length  -  3 of 4 involved powerboats