Instructor's Reference Links, Handouts & Videos

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Course Schedules For BS&S - SS&S

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Links are for  BS&S, SS&S, and Weekend Navigator courses that are referenced in chapters listed below but may be of interested to all boaters.

First Nights Class Videos

We Are The Coast Guard Auxiliary Video

Pamphlets - Handouts

America's  Water Way Watch

Homeland Security

12 Short Cut QR Codes For Online Resources For Boaters

BS&S Chapter 2 - SS&S Chapter 5 - Equipment For Your Boat

Boater's Guide to Maine Boating Laws and Responsibilities

 Most Current Version 2025

PDF Download or Read Online  

FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR RECREATIONAL BOATING

https://uscgboating.org/assets/1/AssetManager/Boaters-Guide-to-Federal-Requirements-for-Receational-Boats-20231108.pdf

Click Here for STATE OF MAINE SNOWMOBILE, ATV, WATERCRAFT ACCIDENT REPORT FORM

Click Here for Coast Guard Recreational Accident Reporting Form With Interactive Form Fields

Maine Boat Holding Pump out Stations

https://www.maine.gov/dep/water/wd/vessel/pumpout/index.html

Pamphlets - Handouts

How to Choose The Right Life Jackets

Emergency Engine Cutoff Switch Can Save Your Life

Vessel Safety Checks

Maine Department Of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife App

You can re-register Boats & Trailers and view a PDF copy Main's Boater's Guide through the above app

Videos

Inflatable Life Jackets

Fire Extinguishers Fire Safety

BS&S Chapter 3 - SS&S Chapter 6 - Trailering Your Boat

Float Plan Central

https://floatplancentral.cgaux.org/   

Videos

Trailing Your Boat

BS&S Chapter 4 - Handling Your Boat

Boating Safety Tip

https://www.discoverboating.com/beginner/safety/tips.aspx

U. S. Coast Guard Boating Safety

https://www.uscgboating.org

Practical Water Safety Course

https://mcmillanoffshore.com/offshore-survival-courses/

https://mcmillanoffshore.com/fishing-vessel-safety-course/

Safety Articles

https://fish-news.com/cfn/category/safety/

Boat Keeper Articles

https://seagrant.uaf.edu/bookstore/boatkeeper

NOAA

https://tidesandcurrents.noaa.gov/tide_predictions.html

See Chapter 5 for more NOAA links

Pamphlets - Handouts

Beware Boat Propellers

BS&S Chapter 5 - SS&S Chapter 7 - Your "Highway" Signs

U. S. Coast Guard Mobile App

https://uscgboating.org/mobile/

 Chart No. 1: Nautical Chart Symbols, Abbreviations, and Terms

https://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/docs/us-chart-1/ChartNo1.pdf

Light List Annual Publication by District's

 https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/lightLists/LightList V1.pdf

Weekly Light Lists

https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/weekly-light-lists

 Coast Pilot

https://nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/publications/coast-pilot/index.html

Local Notices to Mariners by CG District

https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/local-notices-to-mariners-by-cg-district 

Subscription to Local Notice of Mariners Online

https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/subscribe-email-rss-feeds

Navigation Rules (International-Inland)-(Also Available as an Smart Phone App)

https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/sites/default/files/pdf/navRules/navrules.pdf

Portland NOAA Weather Buoy 44007

https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=44007  

Boater's Guide to Maine Boating Laws and Responsibilities

 Most Current Version 2025

PDF Download or Read Online  

State of Maine Bureau Conservation - Navigational Aids Program

https://www.maine.gov/dacf/parks/water_activities/boating/navigational_aids.shtml

Pamphlets - Handouts

U.S. Aids To Navigation

Join The Coast Guard Auxiliary

BS&S Chapter 6 - SS&S Chapter 8. The Rules of The Nautical Road

Pamphlets - Handouts

Big Ships Little Boats

10 Tons and No Brakes

BS&S Chapter 8 Boating Safety - SS&S Chapter 10 Sailing Safety

Pamphlets - Handouts

Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

You're In Command Boat Responsibly

Saved By The Signal

Videos

What You Can't See

Inflatable Life Jackets

Fire Extinguishers Fire Safety

BS&S Chapter 9 - SS&S Chapter 12 - Introduction to Navigation

See Weekend Navigator Below

BS&S Chapter 12  - SS&S Chapter 15 - Weather and Boating

Pamphlets - Handouts

BS&S Chapter 13 - SS&S Chapter 16 - Your Boat's Radio

  FCC Rules PART 80 - STATIONS IN THE MARITIME SERVICES

https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/CFR-2009-title47-vol5/pdf/CFR-2009-title47-vol5-part80.pdf

Emergency Phone Numbers & VHF Channels - Maine Island Kayak Co

https://maineislandkayak.com/ocean-school/emergency-numbers-and-vhf-channels/

Pamphlets - Handouts

Your VHF-DSC Radio

Videos

How to Use a VHF: It Might Save Your Life

How to Use Digital Selective Calling (DSC) Radios

May Day

Weekend Navigator

United States Power Squadron Plotting Labeling Standards

https://usps.org/localusps/bare/Plotting%20Labeling%20Standards.pdf

Also check BS&S Chapter 5 above for links that apply to this course.

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