Boating Safety

Additional Boating Safety tips

It’s the little things that’ll get you, how to avoid boating mistakes- You obey the pedestrian crossing signals but trip on the curb. Wear safety glasses but saw through a power cord.… ...

Capsized or swamped, stay with the boat!- It can seemingly happen in a heartbeat: a following wave stuffs and rolls your boat, and you’re in the water.… ...

File a float plan: Help others help you- OK, for the moment, don’t think of yourself as the boater in peril. Instead, imagine yourself as the loved one… ...

Boating accident? Don’t forget to report!- Crack up your car, and the responding police officer, sheriff’s deputy or state trooper files any required report. If you’re… ...

Boat safer by slowing down- Running the inlet, navigating the channel, backing into the slip: So much of what constitutes seamanship involves forging ahead with… ...

Safely navigate using buoys- In talking with boaters, be they readers, marina mates or folks I meet on the water, it’s become apparent that… ...

Rendering aid: How to safely tow other boats- You’re on your way home, feeling the last warmth of the sun as it kisses the horizon, when the cellphone… ...

Five Timeless Seamanship Lessons- In his Seamanship column for Boating’s July 1960 issue, Elbert Robberson wrote: “In daylight, objects around you are easy to… ...