Boating Safety
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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.…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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