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Sep 3, 2010
Birmingham, AL

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VULCAN POWER SQUADRON
A Unit of the United States
Power Squadrons®
Sail and Power Boating

The Squadron Boating Course® scheduled for May has been canceled. We plan to offer the course again in September.

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This Day In History
1920 - After 36 hours of resourcefulness in orienting their mostly sunken sub, cutting a hole in the stern, and flagging down a passing vessel, the crew of the U.S. diesel-electric submarine S-Five is rescued.
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Click for Photo Gallery Vulcan Power Squadron serves the greater Birmingham, Alabama area as a District 17 member of the United States Power Squadrons (USPS).

USPS is a non profit, educational organization dedicated to making boating (power and sail) safer and more enjoyable by teaching classes in seamanship, navigation and related subjects.

In addition to great courses and fun on-the-water events, Squadron members enjoy discounts on boat insurance, Boat U.S. Membership, Maptech Charts, and much more.


FEATURED LINK (From "Online Documents")

Maritime Safety Information - NGA - Online Nautical Pubs, Notice to Mariners, Nav Calculators, Charts, etc.

More links are available on the Links page



Upcoming courses . . .


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Recent and Upcoming activities . . .

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Lake Levels
(Updated daily)
Lake Current Level
vs Full Pool
Harrisdown 2ft 1in
Jordandown 6in
Laydown 4in
Logan Martindown 2ft 1in
Martindown 2ft 1in
Mitchelldown 6in
Neely Henrydown 8in
Smithdown 7ft 4in
Weissdown 1ft 11in

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Power Squadron Publications
District 17 Newsletters

Vulcan Power Squadron Newsletters

Weather Links
Birmingham weather from wunderground.com

Wind forecast for the Southeastern US by Intellicast

Birmingham weather from The Weather Channel

Miscellaneous Stuff
Area lake info including fill/draw schedules for Alabama Power lakes



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