Your Boating Safety
Its important to be safe wile boating.
For example: You are required to pass a boating safety course before renting boating equipment at most places. Its good to go ahead and take a Boating safety Course before purchasing any kind of Boat. be it Sail Boat, Cuddy Cabin, Center Console Boat, Kayak, Row boat, Camo Jon Boat, Bad Ass RANGER BASS BOAT with a 200 Hp Johnson outboard kicking up a rooster tail.. whooaaa I got lost for a second. Remember Safety First
Life Preserver, personal floatation device, For elderly and small children ALWAYS WEAR A LIFE JACKET AROUND DOCKS AND PIERS WILE WAITING FOR THE BOAT TO BE LAUNCHED.
kids can fall in very easily make them put on the life jackets before thay get out of the car!
Sterns makes Boating Life Jackets, Fishing Life Jackets
http://www.stearnsflotation.com/
Boater Education Law: Georgia law places restrictions on the operation of boats and/or personal watercraft for those younger than 16 years of age.
Georgia Boating Safety Handbook
http://boat-ed.com/ga/handbook/
Things you should know before operating a boat: includes: Manuvering the vessel in wind, operating the motor, vessel length and capacity, fueling, aways have float plans and let someone know where you plan on going, navigational rules, U.S. Aids to Navigation, dealing with weather and other boating emergencies, registering information, display of numbers, The States legal operating age, required equipment, unlawful operation, boating under the influence is taken seriously and punished severly Hey, we're not just talking about some dude who cannot stand up and walk right A person becomes legally impaired way before they get to the point that most people would consider them to be "drunk ass." , reporting accidents, water law enforcement, environmental restrictions, and laws governing PWCs and vessels towing skiers.
FLorida Boating Safety:
http://myfwc.com/SAFETY/Safety_Boat_Safety_index.htm
If you are going to be traveling with some one else on there boat STILL make sure they are competent for one, and always try to know where you are incase they get lost you will know the way back to the dock. Take boating seriuosly it could be life or death for you or a friend or love one.
As we go into Spring and Summer, there will be boating accidents. Because of the dangers of being in a boat accident or the dangers of a drowning in any of southeast's many many many waterways, You should take precautions by wearing life jackets, checking and re-checking weather conditions, operating your boat at a safe speed, checking and re-checking your engines and mechanical and safety equipment, having other life saving devices onboard, and making sure that there is proper supervision especially for children when boating.
For example: You are required to pass a boating safety course before renting boating equipment at most places. Its good to go ahead and take a Boating safety Course before purchasing any kind of Boat. be it Sail Boat, Cuddy Cabin, Center Console Boat, Kayak, Row boat, Camo Jon Boat, Bad Ass RANGER BASS BOAT with a 200 Hp Johnson outboard kicking up a rooster tail.. whooaaa I got lost for a second. Remember Safety First
Life Preserver, personal floatation device, For elderly and small children ALWAYS WEAR A LIFE JACKET AROUND DOCKS AND PIERS WILE WAITING FOR THE BOAT TO BE LAUNCHED.
kids can fall in very easily make them put on the life jackets before thay get out of the car!
Sterns makes Boating Life Jackets, Fishing Life Jackets
http://www.stearnsflotation.com/
Boater Education Law: Georgia law places restrictions on the operation of boats and/or personal watercraft for those younger than 16 years of age.
Georgia Boating Safety Handbook
http://boat-ed.com/ga/handbook/
Things you should know before operating a boat: includes: Manuvering the vessel in wind, operating the motor, vessel length and capacity, fueling, aways have float plans and let someone know where you plan on going, navigational rules, U.S. Aids to Navigation, dealing with weather and other boating emergencies, registering information, display of numbers, The States legal operating age, required equipment, unlawful operation, boating under the influence is taken seriously and punished severly Hey, we're not just talking about some dude who cannot stand up and walk right A person becomes legally impaired way before they get to the point that most people would consider them to be "drunk ass." , reporting accidents, water law enforcement, environmental restrictions, and laws governing PWCs and vessels towing skiers.
FLorida Boating Safety:
http://myfwc.com/SAFETY/Safety_Boat_Safety_index.htm
If you are going to be traveling with some one else on there boat STILL make sure they are competent for one, and always try to know where you are incase they get lost you will know the way back to the dock. Take boating seriuosly it could be life or death for you or a friend or love one.
As we go into Spring and Summer, there will be boating accidents. Because of the dangers of being in a boat accident or the dangers of a drowning in any of southeast's many many many waterways, You should take precautions by wearing life jackets, checking and re-checking weather conditions, operating your boat at a safe speed, checking and re-checking your engines and mechanical and safety equipment, having other life saving devices onboard, and making sure that there is proper supervision especially for children when boating.
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