Workshops to Teach How to "Keep Your Boat Afloat"

Keep Your Boat Afloat, the 7th Division of District 7 Coast Guard Auxiliary, hosts informational workshops throughout the county that teach boating skills and seamanship. They share knowledge and discuss equipment that boaters must have to be safe on the water.

To accomplish this, they utilize videos, power point presentations and hands–on demonstrations with life jackets, flares and marine radios. Attendees also learn how to tie different useful knots.

The programs are geared toward an adult audience and last 1 1/2 to 2 hours.

Below is a listing of this summer's dates, times and locations for Keep Your Boat Afloat:

Date: 6/20/2011
Start Time: 7 p.m.
End Time: 8:30 p.m. Library: Jan Kaminis Platt Regional Library,  3910 South Manhattan Avenue  in Tampa
Location: Witt Community Room

Date: 6/27/2011
Start Time: 7 p.m.
End Time: 8:30 p.m. Library: Jimmie B. Keel Regional Library, 2902 West Bearss Avenue in Carrollwood
Location: Community Room

Date: 7/13/2011
Start Time: 7 p.m.
End Time: 8:30 p.m. Library: John F. Germany Public Library, 900 N. Ashley Dr. in Tampa    
Location: Auditorium 

Date: 8/23/2011
Start Time: 7 p.m.
End Time: 8:30 p.m. Library: Brandon Regional Library, 619 Vonderburg Dr. in Brandon
Location: Margaret Linsley Clayton Community Room

For a listing of all the libraries in the Hillsborough County Public Library Cooperative (including Jimmie B Keel Regional Library) and a calendar of events for each library, check out  http://www.hcplc.org/hcplc/events/pbb.html.

-From Jennifer Hall, community relations coordinator