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P.O. Box 207 Henrico, NC 27842 |
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Next Meeting: June 24th-Kennon House, Gasburg, VA |
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6 PM Speaker: Brigadier General Dave Johnson, USAF retired, former USAF Director of Weather, and former director of NOAA's National Weather Service will use a power point presentation about severe weather on the Lake, discussing how and where storms are formed and how boaters and swimmers can protect themselves while on the water.
For Information regarding Virginia's new boating laws click here If you have previously taken the Boat US Course it is valid if taken prior to Dec 31, 2008. If the course was taken on Jan 1, 2009 or later it is not acceptable in Virginia!! To find an acceptable on-line course
On
Jan 1,
2009 the Virginia regulation required all
online courses to switch from the testing format to
actually being an online course that contains
similar content to a classroom course. With the new
online format a student will have to take a 10
question after each module or chapter and if they
don't pass with a 90% they will have to take the
module or chapter again. The format also has timers
on each page and chapter that only let the student
progress as fast as the program allows. What this
has done is eliminate someone taking an online test
without reviewing any course content. We also hope
that the 5-6 hour requirement will help keep
someone from taking the course for another
person since it take so long.
Also, there will be
an Optional VA Boater Card available this summer
that will allow anyone who has completed a course to
turn in their documentation and an application along
with $10 to get a new card. This will be a lifetime
card that is about the thickness of A credit card.
One other question
that comes up a lot is: If I am from another state
and operating a VA registered boat (family member's
boat) do I need a VA course. NO, they need to
comply with the Boating Education requirements in
their state of residence. But, I would recommend
they have documentation showing they are from
another state otherwise the CPO or officer will
assume they are a VA resident and look for documents
to that fact.
Finally, the age
restriction law for PWC operators is still in
effect. The New Boating Education Compliance
Regulation does not supersede the age restriction
law for those operators under 16 years of
age...people seem to confuse the two.
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