Boat trainees take the helm:

At high speeds, an instructor demonstrates a slalom course at Cullaby Lake Friday during a two-week Marine Law Enforcement Academy.

LORI ASSA The Daily Astorian
As, from left, Robert Wurpes from Clackamas County Sheriff's Office, and instructor Jeff Thompson watch, Rob Hartley, from the Crook County Sheriff's Office maneuvers a boat in a backing pattern at Cullaby Lake Friday. For a guy like myself who's never run a power boat it's a real challenge, says Hartley.