Boating Clinics for Fall-Winter-Spring 2024-2025

America’s Boating Club of the North Olympic Peninsula in partnership with Port Angeles Yacht Club is presenting a series of 2 hour classes on topics of interest to recreational sailors, boaters and fishing enthusiasts.

These FREE classes will be the first Saturday of each month from 10:00 am to 12:00.

Location: Port Angeles Yacht Club, 1305 Marine Drive, just west of Port Angeles Boat Haven.

October 5: Propane Systems for Your Boat

• Gives you the tools you need to use propane fuel safely on the water.
• Propane and butane, also known as LPG, are the most common cooking fuels used on boats.
• While efficient, cost effective and widely available, these fuels can also be dangerous.
• Instructor: Paul Areida

What's Included:

• Boat propane systems, propane safety, and how to keep your boat and crew safe.
• Learn how LPG works; how to identify components of your bulk delivery system, what they do, and how they work together to deliver fuel to your appliances.
• Gain an understanding of the risks of using LPG and how to mitigate them through prevention.
• How to inspect and maintain your LPG system, test for leaks and locate them, operate your LPG appliances safely.
• What to do in an LPG emergency.
• This seminar will not teach you how to install or repair an LPG system. Those tasks should only be performed by technicians certified by ABYC in marine LPG systems

November 2: TBD

December 7: Cruising to Canada

• Instructor: Randy Roberts

February 1: TBD

March 1: TBD