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Increasing the level of safety and enjoyment recreational boaters experience on our nation’s waterways requires vision, strategy, significant resources and, most importantly, a large number of enthusiastic and committed people willing to contribute.
The National On-Water Standards (NOWS) Program began with a call to action by the National Boating Safety Advisory Council (NBSAC) to increase the quality and availability of on-water, skills-based instruction.
The vision of the United States Coast Guard (USCG) then led to the provision of grant resources, the formation of a core team of subject matter experts, and the organization of a comprehensive multi-year program.
This Technical Support Document (TSD) is one of many products to emerge as a result of the effort to develop, validate, and gain consensus on national standards that will help shape the way people learn safer boating.
This TSD exists because of the dedication and support of thousands of people who volunteered their time, energy, and talent.
In particular, special thanks go to past and present members of the NOWS Program Subject Matter Expert (SME) Core Team:
John Adey Dick Allsopp Charlie Arms Willie Black Pete Chisholm Gordon Colby Pamela Dillon Peter Durant Rick Franke Joshua Hall
Harry Horgan Rich Jepsen Emily King Timothea Larr Thomas Lindblade Lynn Lynch John Malatak Daniel Maxim Richard Moore James Muldoon
Jeremy Oyen Bob Palmer Joni Palmer Robin Pope Karen Prioleau Jeff Riecks Bruce Rowe Ron Sarver Linda Stearns Christopher Stec
Special credit goes to the Grant Management Team who ensured strategic alignment of the NOWS Program with the intent of the USCG grant-funding program:
Pete Chisholm K. Brian Dorval
Jerry Craddock Steve Colgate Brian Davidson Ed Huntsman
Joanne Dorval Timothea Larr
Dave Marlow Larry Meddock Bruce Smith Cai Svendsen
James Muldoon
Many thanks also to the SME team members who provided support to the Core Team’s work to develop the content of the standards:
Katherine Tamer Michael Ulrich Brian Westfall
And significant appreciation goes to K. Brian Dorval of Think First Serve, Inc., for his leadership, design and facilitation of the NOWS Program.
Special acknowledgements are also due to:
• The USCG Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety for its sponsorship of the NOWS Program and the funding that enabled the development of this TSD and the American National Standard (ANS) that it supports. Special thanks to Rear Admiral Paul Thomas, Captain Jon Burton, Captain Tom Boross, Jeff Hoedt, for Strategic guidance; Grant Technical Manager Wayne Stacey for grant implementation support; and Susan Weber for support with Recreational Boating Statistics.
• The United States Sailing Association for acquiring and administering the USCG grant that funded the development of this TSD and the ANS for which it was developed. Special thanks to Jack Gierhart, Stu Gilfillen, Jessica Servis, Janine Connelly, Joy Hadley, and Diane Kareta for their support of the NOWS Program over the years.
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This Technical Support Document was produced in part through USCG grant funds to develop National On-Water Skills Standards. ©2022 United States Sailing Association. Facilitated by Think First Serve.
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