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Get Your Captain's License with CWB and U.S. Maritime Academy

Get Your Captain's License with CWB and U.S. Maritime Academy

Have you always wanted to get your captain's license, but shudder at the thought of all those tests? The Center for Wooden Boats is partnering with the US Maritime Academy to offer a class that prepares qualified candidates for obtaining a captain's license without having to test with the Coast Guard. Captain Sanders teaches what you need to kno...

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Have you always wanted to get your captain's license, but shudder at the thought of all those tests? The Center for Wooden Boats is partnering with the US Maritime Academy to offer a class that prepares qualified candidates for obtaining a captain's license without having to test with the Coast Guard. Captain Sanders teaches what you need to know, administers the tests in class, then walks you through the official paperwork so upon completion students are ready to go to the Coast Guard and get their license. Classes are at night, three times a week for eight weeks. For information, see website www.usmaritime.us. The first night is free for interested folks who would like to find out about the licensing process and putting together their sea time. Sessions starting in March and September.
Call or register online (preferred) http://www.cwb.org/class-catalog

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When

March 16, 2009 - November 14, 2009

Type

  • 1:1 / Private Lessons,
  • Class / Group Sessions

Skill level

Intermediate, Advanced

Ages

All ages

Where

Seattle, WA

Reviews write a review

  • "Friendly, Fabulous & Fun!"

    Review of The Center for Wooden Boats, July 02, 2008

    What can I say? Sometimes you don't even realize how much fun you're missing out on until a big ol' bunch of it lands in your lap. I feel that way about Center for Wooden Boats.

    This place is one of Seattle's true gems. It's a organization that really feels like is has a hard-working and dedicated community that supports it. Everyone I've met here is warm and engaging... and they offer great classes.

    The day I went to CWB, it was actually to use their library room for a team meeting -- the sailing "class" was actually just a bonus. However, we went out with one of the sailing instructors who not only told us about how to make the sails catch the wind (little that there was), but he also gave us a little history lesson about our 40 year old boat (an old oystering boat) and the wooden boat community in the Northwest. It was great to be out on the water, but even better to be out on the water with someone who really loves what they do.

    And these boating folks really do love what they do. Joining us on our boat was a Texan who came all the way to Seattle to take a kayak-building class. I was like... "Do people really make there own kayaks?" Apparently the hard-core folks at CWB do. They were building them out on their lawn the morning of our meeting and we got to chat with the instructor (a local) and the students (from Alaska, Texas, Michigan and the Pacific NW).

    I didn't even realize there was stuff like this out there. I may never become a boat builder, but if I do... this place is definitely going to be my first stop. In the mean time, I'll be back for more sailing lessons soon.

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    What can I say? Sometimes you don't even realize how much fun you're missing out on until a big ol' bunch of it lands in your lap. I feel that way about Center for Wooden Boats.

    This place is one of Seattle's true gems. It's a organization that really feels like is has a hard-working and dedicated community that supports it. Everyone I've met here is warm and engaging... and they offer great ...

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Tags

sailing, night classes, small boats, motorboats, license, coast guard, safety, fun on the water

Price: $1,125.00

Notes:

$1125 members/ $1250 nonmembers

The teachers

  • Taught By
  • Jeff Sanders

The Center for Wooden Boats offers an opportunity to experience the dimensions of an earlier time, to put your han...

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The Center for Wooden Boats offers an opportunity to experience the dimensions of an earlier time, to put your hands on the oars of a graceful pulling boat or the tiller of a traditional wooden catboat. With help from master craftsmen, you can learn to steambend an oak frame, cast an oarlock, sew a canvas ditty bag, splice a line or caulk a seam. The Center for Wooden Boats is a hands on maritime museum. Its purpose is to preserve our rich, vital and varied small craft heritage by preserving both the artifacts and the time-tested maritime skills. Our aim is to provide an educational adventure, through participation, in our small craft heritage.

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