The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension / Texas Sea Grant Boater Education Class took place on February 26, 2022 at the Calhoun County Fairgrounds. Due to the cold, misty weather some of the activities had to be moved into the livestock barn.
Students learned about and practiced using fire extinguishers with the Port Lavaca Fire Department. Then they got fitted for life jackets and learned about other personal floatation devices from USCG Auxiliary 7-10.

After having a delicious lunch that was sponsored by Coastal Bend Marine, they were trained by TPWD Game Warden Guevara. She went over boat safety tips and had the students practice using and reconnecting a kill switch.

Finally, a crew from USCG Station Port O’Connor came in with one of their boats to go over all of the required safety gear that is supposed to be on a vessel.
Then the crew members from Station Port O’Connor demonstrated how to set off a flare so the students would know what to do if they were ever in a situation where they needed to deploy a visual distress signal.

I want to thank all of the agencies involved in this program. The students benefited from all of the hands-on learning activities that would not have been possible without your assistance.

Capt. RJ Shelly