 Most of the volunteers are involved in boat training, developing and writing courses and instructing in classrooms across Canada.One who successfully completes either the CPS Boating Course (called Piloting until 1972) or the CPS PCOC Course becomes a member of the organization.Full members are then permitted to fly the CPS flag on their vessels and receive six issues of "Canadian Yachting" magazine, four of which contain the member publication, "The Port Hole".