- 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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