- 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 offers 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 a home-study version available.
- A special boating course for youth ages 12 to 16 is
offered in Kalamazoo.
- 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
- Guides and Seminars: 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.
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