• Offering boating safety courses is a traditional civic
    service of the United States Power Squadrons. For over
    half-a-century, KSPS has offered public courses to
    anyone who wished to attend. To date thousands of
    residents of Southwest Michigan have taken boating
    courses.  KSPS also offers member-only courses.

  • Currently KSPS offer Americas' Boating Course,
    (formerly Boat Smart) a course designed to cover topics
    useful to the angler in an outboard, or to the skipper of
    a large cruiser or sailboat, as well as those operating
    Personal Water Craft PWC or wave runners.

  • Successful completion qualifies you for a discount on
    boat insurance rates from most insurance companies
    and membership in USPS and KSPS.

  • There is also available a home-study version available.

  • A special DNR boating course for youth ages 12 to 16
    is offered in Kalamazoo at the same time as the adult
    class. DNR = Michigan Dept. of Natural Resources
  • The Experienced Boater program recognizes that many experienced boaters have
    already mastered the fundamentals of safe boating.  Therefore, the KSPS is making
    available to experienced boaters the opportunity to demonstrate their qualification
    for membership through a skills evaluation process.   For more information, please
    contact our Squadron Education Officer:  Wally Corder  (269) 321-0751

  • A series of short guides on a wide variety of subjects of interest to boaters are also
    available; these are known as USPS Guides. Some Guides are also available to the
    public at various marine supply stores and book stores. These items may be used
    in USPS® classroom courses and seminars or for home study.

  • USPS is preparing a series of short seminars open to the public on a variety of
    topics of interest to today's boating public.
Public Boating Courses
Kalamazoo Sail & Power
Squadron
is a unit of the

a nationwide non-profit
organization of boating
enthusiasts.