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**America’s Boating Course, St. Petersburg Sailand Power Squadron, Sept. 19. Available to anyone 12 orolder. Free. Materials cost $35 per family. Classes heldonce a week (two hours each Monday) for fourweeks. Completion of this course will enable thestudent to skipper a boat with confidence. 7-9p.m. St. Petersburg Sailing Center, 250 2nd AveSE, Demens Landing, St. Petersburg. Pre-registrationrequired at www.boating-stpete.org, orcall (727) 498-4001.**Ongoing — Jacksonville, FL,Sept. 10, Oct. 22. Safe Boating Saturdays. 7:30a.m. to 5 p.m. $25 including materials. CaptainsClub, 13363 Beach Blvd., Jacksonville. MikeChristnacht. (904) 419-8113. Generally held oncemonthly on Saturdays. Go to www.uscgajaxbeach.com forthe schedule and to register.**Ongoing – Boating Skills and Seamanship Programs.St. Petersburg, FL, Sept. 10, Oct. 22. Tuesday nights, U.S.Coast Guard Auxiliary. Eleven lessons, every Tuesday.Boating Skills and Seamanship Programs, 7:30-9:30 p.m.,1300 Beach Dr. SE, St. Petersburg. Lessons include whichboat for you, equipment, trailering, lines and knots, boathandling, signs, weather, rules, introduction to navigation,inland boating and radio. (727) 823-3753.**Ongoing — Ruskin, FL, Coast Guard AuxiliaryFlotilla 75 Offers Home Study Safe Boating Course.Each month. The flotilla has found that many boatersdo not have the time to attend the courses, so they arenow also offering a home study course at $30.Additional family members will be charged $10each for testing and certificates. Tests held bimonthly.Entry into the course allows participantsto attend the classes. To apply, call (813) 677-2354.US SAILING Basic Keelboat Instructor,Offshore Sailing School, Fort Myers, FL,Oct. 12-15The three-day instructor certification course is an extremelyintensive evaluation of an applicant’s ability to teach sailingto the US SAILING keelboat certification system standard.Go to http://training.ussailing.org/Course_ Calendars.htm. Karen Davidson, Karen Davidson@ussailing.org. (401)683-0800BOAT SHOWSTampa Boat Show. Sept. 9-11Tampa Bay’s oldest and longest running boat show. TampaConvention Center, Tampa, FL. NMMA. (954) 441-3220.www.tampaboatshow.com. 10-8 p.m., 10-6 on Sunday. 16News & Views for Southern Sailors SOUTHWINDS September 2011 19