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Member Stuart Mickelson, PFC, receives certification

Posted by: Tracey Alderson
Congratulations to Stuart Mickelson of Warroad, for obtaining his certification as an ATON (Aid to Navigation) verifier! Stuart resides in Warroad and monitored channel buoys and the range marker in the Warroad River leading to Muskeg Bay on Lake of the Woods.

Auxiliarist receives certification

Fri, 14 Jan 22  

Auxiliarist Stuart Mickelson has successfully completed the Navigation Rules 95 exam on December 31, 2021.  Auxiliarist Mickelson also has his Merchant Mariner credential.

From the USCG Boating Safety website, https://uscgboating.org/regulations/navigation-rules.php:

The Navigation Rules are much like the rules of the road on the highway. They establish a consistent way to navigate safely and avoid collisions when two boats are crossing paths, are on course to meet head-on, or when one boat wishes to overtake another.
The U.S. Aids to Navigation System is a system maintained by the U.S. Coast Guard, consisting of visual, audible, and electronic signals which are designed to assist the prudent mariner in the process of navigation. The aids to navigation system is not intended to identify every shoal or obstruction to navigation which exists in the navigable waters of the United States, but rather provides for reasonable marking of marine features as resources permit.