Welcome to the Ponce de Leon Inlet Sail
& Power Squadron!
We are a unit of
District
23 (see
map) under the
United
States Power Squadrons®, a
non-profit boating safety education organization; and, are located
on the East Atlantic Coast in East/Southeast Volusia County Florida.
Centered in the Ponce Inlet, Port Orange, New Smyrna Beach/Edgewater-Oak
Hill area, our goal is to promote safe boating on our waters and to
ensure everybody is equipped with the knowledge needed to make responsible
decisions behind the helm. We achieve these goals by offering
educational courses, classes, instruction, and fellowship that teach
community and member boaters the essentials as well as the most advanced
aspects needed. Along with offering classes to the public, the
Squadron also plans activities designed to bring together the community
and enjoy our waterways. Ponce de Leon Inlet Sail & Power Squadron
extends a welcome to everybody willing to enjoy boating to its fullest
extent.
District 23 is one of the 33 Districts
which make up the United States Power Squadrons®,
the world's largest non-profit, family oriented,
recreational boating organization devoted to
safe boating through education. Our National
Organization has more than 40,000 enthusiastic
members throughout the United States and Puerto
Rico who provide public boating education courses
to all current and prospective boaters.
Districts are made up of local squadrons in
their regional areas. District 23 is composed
of eleven squadrons located in Northeastern
and Central Florida, with a total membership
of about 1,200 members.
USPS squadrons, as part of their civic services,
conduct boating courses for the general public.
In this regard, all eleven squadrons of District
23 hold America's Boating Course®
for the public. These classes are designed to
instruct recreational boaters in safe boat handling,
and are approved by and meet certification requirements
of all fifty states of the United States.
To meet the needs of those who would like to
take a safe boating course but cannot attend
scheduled classes, USPS also offers internet
or home study America's Boating
Course®; this course allows the public
to receive instruction using a compact disk
with their personal computer and a detailed
instruction book. Completion of the course
requires the participant take a closed book
proctored examination administered by a local USPS squadron. All eleven squadrons of
District 23 participate in America's Boating
Course®.
If you are interested
in taking a safe boating course, call this toll
free number for information on when and where
the next squadron boating
course starts at a squadron near you, or get
the details on America's Boating Course®!
1-888-367-8777
Educated Boaters Are Safe Boaters - Call Today
For A Course Near You!
Many
Districts and
Squadrons have their own web sites.
To visit any of these sites, and to learn more
about the Power Squadron experience, use the
links to the right. A new browser window will
open for you.
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