Nj Boating Safety Course

Cape May Community News

New Jersey Boating Safety Courses are offered at the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays on the following dates: July 30, Aug. 13. This course is required for all vessel operators and personal water craft operators in New Jersey and offered by USCG Auxiliary – Flotilla 82, Cape May. Cost is $45. Lunch provided. Call 898-0442 for more information.

The Cape May County Army National Guard Association monthly breakfast will be at the Villas Diner, 2100 Bayshore Rd, Villas, on Saturday July 30 at 9 a.m. All branches of the military are welcomed. If you served, and would like to regain that camaraderie, please come see your old friends and make new ones. Call 729-1596 for more information.

The Cape May County Library welcomes Joe Alvarez, Certified Rutgers Master Gardner as he presents “Beach Plums:  Rubies of the Dunes.” The lecture will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 22 at the Lower Township Branch of the library located at 2600 Bayshore Road, Villas. Come and learn the history, the wonder and the latest up to date research of the “Official Fruit of Cape May County”. The local population of South Jersey has regarded the beach plum as part of local tradition and a cottage industry for almost two centuries. Along with current research through Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Cornell University and the United States Department of Agriculture/Natural Resource Conservation Service Plant Material Center, Cape May County, the beach plum has been used for everything from edible fruit to sustainable agriculture in addition to maintaining dune restoration and preservation. Following the lecture, there will be a guided tour of the Higbee Beach WMA natural beach plum stands, weather permitting. For more information please call 886-8999 or visit online at www.cmclibrary.org .

The Lower Township Department of Parks and Recreation is holding its annual farm market every Friday beginning July 8 through Sept. 2 at the Lower Township Recreation Center, 2600 Bayshore Rd. Hours are 3 to 7:30 p.m. The open air market allows farmers and other vendors to sell their goods directly to consumers. Enjoy food, live music and a friendly atmosphere. Interested vendors can call 886-7880, ext. 8.

New Jersey Boaters Comply with Law by Taking Boat-Ed.com?s Online ...

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A report released June 15, 2011 by the U.S. Coast Guard (http://www.uscgboating.org/) showed that recreational boating fatalities fell to a record low nationally in 2010. But that trend wasn’t reflected on New Jersey’s waters, where eight people died in boating accidents last year.

Boat-Ed.com urges everyone to do their part to make New Jersey boating safe and enjoyable. It’s easy to become an educated, responsible boater by completing the Boat New Jersey safe boating course.

New Jersey has a mandatory boating education law. All persons who wish to operate a motorized vessel, including a personal watercraft, must possess a boating safety education certificate. Although it’s often called a boating license (or jet ski license), the certificate isn’t like a driver’s license—it’s good for life and never has to be renewed.

At Boat-Ed.com (http://www.Boat-Ed.com/NewJersey), boaters learn the official boat education content developed for the New Jersey State Police. Students move quickly through short segments designed for bite-sized reading and quick comprehension. Learning is reinforced with interactive animations, and students feel like they’re on the water as they study casting off and docking, rescue techniques, the “Circle of Death,” and other boaters safety course topics.

A student wrote: “You have developed and presented a great course for the boating public. What a well-organized and thoughtfully presented series of topics. And, even though I have been involved in the sport for a long time, a number of new and ‘long-forgotten’ topics have been made fresh once again.” Getting an online boaters license has never been so fun!

Students study the fast-paced boating safety course (http://www.Boat-Ed.com/NewJersey) online when it fits their schedule. The course fee includes the boat course and required quizzes—there is no online boating license test. No payment is required until students pass the course.

After passing the online boat license quizzes, students view and print an Online Course Completion Certificate. This Online Course Completion Certificate serves as an admission ticket to the state-required In-Person Boating Exam. Students may register online after passing. After passing the In-Person Exam, students are issued a New Jersey Boating Safety Education Certificate by the New Jersey State Police.

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