REGISTRATION WILL OPEN FIRST TO PREVIOUSLY REGISTERED MEMBERS AND THEN OPEN JUNE 30th TO THE REST OF THE MEMBERSHIP IF ANY SLOTS ARE STILL AVAILABLE. Thank you!
Attention Boaters – ODBC is Offering a One-Day Coast Guard Approved Safety Course – Now required by Law.
The M&B Committee is organizing a one-day Coast Guard approved safety course and before we schedule the event, we would like to know if you would like to take the course.
All PWC operators aged 14 and older and all operators (regardless of age) of motorboats with a 10 hp or greater engine need to take a boating safety course. Once you complete the course, the course completion certificate or card that is provided by the course provider is what is required to operate a vessel. Use this link for complete course information: https://dwr.virginia.gov/boating/education/requirement/
Course Information:
Where: ODBC Ballroom
When: Sunday, July 20, 2025
Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm (there will be a lunch break*)
What: Boat America Course, a National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) approved course.
Instructor: Robert Ivy, Flotilla Commander (FC), FSO-OP/IS, Flotilla 25-08, United States Coast Guard Auxiliary
Cost: $9.00 – Make Check out to: Flotilla 25-08 USCG AUX
Exam – Passing Exam required to receive the Course Certificate and Wallet Card provided that day.
Each student will get a book, certificate, and wallet card. The course will be one day, both in the morning and afternoon.
* LUNCH OPTION: Because the club will be in the middle of Brunch Service, ordering from the Tap Room is NOT possible. Therefore, we are offering two options:
1) BBQ Grilled Lunch - Hamburgers and Hotdogs - $5/per person
or 2) Bring your own bag lunch
PLEASE INDICATE YOUR PREFERENCE WHEN REGISTERING SO WE KNOW HOW MUCH FOOD TO HAVE ON HAND.
All monies collected the day of the course.
Contact the Club Commodore Art Barletta: vapaindoc@gmail.com with any questions. Thank you.
