Boat Safe

May 17th - May 23rd  2008 is Safe Boating Awareness Week

The Safe Boating Council is spreading the message of safe and responsible boating. There are five key messages:

  1. Wear a Coast Guard-approved lifejacket or PFD that fits.
  2. Don't drink and boat.
  3. Take a boating course from an accredited provider.
  4. Be prepared and ensure that your boat is well maintained.
  5. Be mindful of the dangers of Cold Water Immersion and Hypothermia

Brenda Dawson

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For trailered boats, make sure the drain plug is on your checklist!  It wasn't on mine and I mistakenly expected that the shop who summerized and delivered my boat had installed it.  They didn't, and I didn't check for it, and didn't realize it wasn't there 'till I got back to my backyard dock and saw the water coming up thru the ski well.  I'm now known as "soggy-boy" after falling off the boat into the lake while trying to install the plug from above; would have been a lot easier on the launch ramp!  Fortunately, nothing was damaged but my pride . . . Cheers

Dave Keyser, Soggy-boy