Better Boating Basics, Canadian  Boating Safety Course (2010) © and about our Help for Stranded Boaters.

This Course presents knowledge deemed essential by the Canadian Coast Guard in 1998, and that which has most recently been mandated by Transport Canada.  It also presents technical and practical tips gleaned from the authors' own training & many years of Coastal & Inland experience.

About the Author & OBL Crew

Answering an average of 57 calls each summer, Dave Holding is one of Georgian Bay's most experienced tow boat coxswains.  A professional mariner with more than 20 years of experience to share, Dave is pleased to present you with Better Boating Basics, accredited by the Canadian Coast Guard (2001) & Transport Canada (2010).  Knowledge you need to pass the test . . . and to be a Better Boater!

Daughter Sarah, shown with yours truly onboard the Marie II, is now 21!  Sarah attends York and lives in TO, but occasionally still crews with yours truly onboard the OBL Service Craft.  Shown below is Sarah with yours truly onboard the first OBL Service Craft, Hurricane 550, tied alongside the Marie II at Lost Bay.  Her mom, Karen took the B & W picture using an amphibious, NIKONOS II which I purchased in 1968 from Supreme Divers in Toronto.
Every time we went out on the Marie II, we towed the OBL Service Craft behind.  This allowed us to enjoy secluded anchorage's together, even when I was working!
Members enjoy the security an OBL Service Craft provides . . .  without having to tow it behind!  Clearly it's not simply a line when we say it's our pleasure to standby for you!
An OBL Membership makes a great gift for someone you care about! D.H.

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Ontario Boating League

Printed Versions of this course are freely available for study at most libraries across Ontario.  Copies may also be purchased to keep onboard for handy reference.  Please contact Dave at the address shown below.

63 Main Street PO Box 5085

Penetanguishene, ON L9M 2G3

Phone: 705-549-6500

Fax: 705-549-6463