Boating Classes: A Good Start To The Boating Season
The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s eight-hour
certified boater education class — which covers boat-registration
requirements, state and federal boating laws, equipment
requirements, navigation rules, boat trailering, aids to navigation
(buoys), alcohol and boating accidents, and more — is scheduled at
the following locations throughout the state in February.Chandler:Tuesday and Thursday; Feb. 14 and 16, 6 to 10 p.m. (must attend both nights). Chandler Police Dept. 250 E. Chicago Street. Cost $10 per person. To register call (602) 789-3235. Glendale:Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 14 and 16, 6 to 10 p.m. (must attend both nights). Glendale Police Department, 6835 N. 57th Drive (south of Glendale Ave. on 57th). Cost $10 per person. To register call (602) 789-3235. Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Glendale YWCA, 8561 N. 61st. Ave. (North of Northern on 61st. Ave.) Cost $10 per person. To register call (602) 789-3235. Lake Havasu City:Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Water Safety Center at Contact Point, 1801 Highway 95. Cost $5 per family. To register call Mia LaBarbara at (928) 855-7961. Parker:Saturday, Feb. 18, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Boating Safety Training Center, 8484 Riverside Dr. No fee. To register call (928) 669-6141. Patagonia:Saturday, Feb. 25, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Patagonia Lake State Park Visitors Center. No fee. To register call (520) 287-2791. Phoenix:Saturday, Feb. 4, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.12th Street Fire Station, 150 S. 12th St. Cost $10 per person. To register call (602) 789-3235. Tuesday and Thursday, Feb. 28 and March 2, 6 to 10 p.m. (must attend both nights). AZGFD Wildlife Building, 1826 W. McDowell Rd. Cost $10 per person. To register call (602) 789-3235. For classes in the Flagstaff area, call (928) 774-5045. Names will be placed on a waiting list, and as soon as 10 people are interested, a class will be scheduled. Updates to the boating education class schedule are posted on the department’s Web site at www.azgfd.gov/boating. If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer Boating Education Instructor, please contact the Boating Education Coordinator at either (602) 789-3237 or ehuntsman@azgfd.gov For other Boating Education Classes contact the following:
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