Boating Safety for Middle School Students
The Sailing Center offers three week-long classes for students completing 6th, 7th, and 8th grades this summer, held in a number of locations in St. Mary’s County.
Classes are offered the weeks of July 8, July 22, and August 5. This course is run under a grant from the Spirit of America Foundation to St. Mary’s College and the Sailing Center.
Details and enrollment forms are located at the Center’s Spirit of America web page: http://smsailingfound.org/SailingCenter/SpiritOfAmerica/index.html
Students receive instruction on and the opportunity to pass the State Safe Boating Test, gain experience operating a motor boat, learn how to sail, paddle canoes and kayaks, and ride on a Coast Guard rescue vessel.
The course charges no tuition but does require a non-refundable $40 administrative fee.
For further information, contact Brenda Clark, Sailing Center Chesapeake, at [email protected].
