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April 2025
Safe Powerboat Handling
Are you serious about learning how to operate a boat safely and building your on-the-water boat handling skills? Get out of the classroom and behind the wheel! Taught by experienced and certified instructors, this 2-day course is the most comprehensive safe boating course available, combining theoretical classroom knowledge with hands-on demonstrations, lessons and on-the-water drills. Whether you are a beginner or experienced powerboat driver, this course is guaranteed to make you a better boater!
Find out more »Singles Under Sail “Meet the Skippers”
Singles Under Sail will be hosting the annual "Meet the Skippers" on Saturday, April 5, from 2 to 5 PM at the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 72, located at 50 Calf Pasture Beach Road in Norwalk, Connecticut. Please park in the designated area. Skippers and crew are invited to meet club members and SUS skippers, learn about our activities and events, and join us! No charge. For further information, contact SUS Commodore Peter Luciano at [email protected]
Find out more »Charleston Race Week at Patriots Point
The regatta unlike any other features three days of racing, four nights of beach parties, free daily race debriefs and seminars, and a heapin’ helpin’ of Southern hospitality aboard the USS Yorktown at Patriots Point.
Find out more »High School Sailing Team, Spring ‘25
Recommended for novice to advanced high school aged sailors (Grades 9 - 12) with an interest in racing. High School Sailing is run like an after-school sport. Practices are led by coaches and waterfront staff and consist of briefings, drills, games and racing on the water, primarily sailed in dinghies (420s and FJs). Sailors from multiple schools will be combined based on skill level, have an opportunity to sail with different partners, and may attend regattas as…
Find out more »USCG Limited Master/Launch Tender
This 2-day, hands-on course is designed for anyone who wants to work as a launch driver at marinas, yacht clubs, waterfront centers and camps. As part of this course you will earn a certificate in lieu of an exam at the United States Coast Guard so that you may apply for a US Coast Guard License for Limited Operator of Uninspected Passenger Vessels or Master of Self Propelled Vessels engaged in launch tender service upon inland waters (not more than ½ nautical mile from…
Find out more »18th & 19th Century Sail Repair at Sea
In this Herreshoff Marine Museum Lecture Series virtual & in-person presentation, Emily Whitted, historian of early American material culture & decorative arts, will share this fascinating story. Reception 6pm; lecture 7. To learn more, call 401-253-5000 or visit herreshoff.org.
Find out more »Shoreline Sailing Club meeting
Embrace Spring with a great group of Active Singles, Age 35+. Our club is the premier sailing and boating club on the Connecticut shoreline and always welcomes new members. Speaker Kate Mosley will discuss safe boating practices. Bring a Friend! Members and first-time guests are free, and others pay $10.
Find out more »Ship to Shore: A Marine Show
This Lyme Art Association members’ exhibition features several styles and mediums including paintings, drawings & sculptures celebrating all aspects of sea & shoreline life. Opening Reception is Friday, April 25 from 5-7pm. Gallery Hours: Weds-Sundays, 10am-5pm, or by appointment Admission is free with contributions appreciated. Lyme Art Association, 90 Lyme Street, Old Lyme, CT; 860-434-7802; [email protected]; lymeartassociation.org
Find out more »Connecticut Safe Boating Course
Presented by USCGA Flotilla 24-03 in Milford, CT, BOAT AMERICA covers all the basic topics required for the safe operation of recreational boating & seamanship. It will also cover safe personal watercraft operation & towing. Successful completion of this 8-hour course satisfies CT licensing requirements for boats, personal watercraft (PWC) and towing. Family participation is encouraged. For advance registration prior to the class date, go to /a0142403.uscgaux.info/ . You can sign up here for the class and…
Find out more »Lecture & Book Signing: Rum Running in Narragansett Bay
In this Herreshoff Marine Museum Lecture Series presentation, historian & author Christian McBurney will discuss a lucrative but dangerous vocation brought about by the Volstead Act. Reception at 6pm; lecture at 7.
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