Maritime Program

Here's a maritime education program right in our backyard. Or backwaters.

Kingsborough program gives hands-on boating experience

BY DENISE ROMANO
DAILY NEWS WRITER
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The Maritime Technology program at Kingsborough Community College is truly one-of-a-kind. Students get hands-on boating experience, learning both operation and repair of vessels, helping to launch them into interesting careers.

"Most move right out of college and into a job," said Kingsborough President Regina Peruggi. "Young people should think of careers on the water."

Graduates of the two-year program receive Brown Water licenses, permitting them to work on watercraft inshore, in coastal waters and harbors. Blue Water licenses are issued for working in international waters.

"The jobs are here in our waters," said Capt. John Nappo, who helps run the program, adding that it's good for students who want to stay close to home.