Tuesday, August 7, 2012

Guide to Safe Boating: Part 5

  • Boating Under the Influence
    • Do not do it, it is stupid and will lead to civil and criminal punishments
  • Make sure you listen to everything that officers say on the water
    • This includes the local police, the sherrif, your state's fish and game officers as well as the Coast Guard
  • Reporting Boating Accidents
    • If you are in an accident in your boat, then make sure that you report it to the police if it results in loss of life, a person dissappearing off the vessel, personal injuray that requires medical attention, property damage more than $2,000 or complete loss of the boat
    • Immediate Action is required for fatal accidents
    • Otherwise, if there is personal injury or a dissappearance of a person, then report the accident within 24 hours
    • If there is property damage, then report the accident within 10 days
  • Rendering Assistance
    • If the driver of a boat sees somone at sea in danger, then they must provide any assistance that they can safely provide
  • Vessel Safety Check
    • The items checked during a VSC are
      • Navigation Lights
      • Sound Producing Devices
      • Voice Communications
      • Life jackets and throwable flotation devices
      • fire extinguishers
      • Visual Distress Signals
      • Backfire flame control
      • Overal Vessel condition
      • Ventilation
      • Proper Display of Numbers
      • Pollution placard
      • MARPOL trash placards
      • Marine sanitation device
      • registration/documentation
      • navigation rules book
      • Stae and/or local requirement

Check back tomorrow for Safety and Survival Tips!

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