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Found the following link which gives some useful advice on small boat safety and some eye opening stats ( like boating is the second highest cause of fatalities after motoring )

 

See what you think

 

Navy Safety Centre

 

 

such facts as

 

Most people who drown while boating have personal flotation devices (life jackets) aboard their boats, but when they die, are not wearing them.

 

The overwhelming majority of boat operators who have fatal accidents have never taken a safe boating course. The main causes of these accidents are collision and falling overboard. Alcohol and drug use is often a factor.

 

Boaters who have fallen in the water with alcohol present in their blood stream have been found to have swum to the bottom rather than to the top due to the inability to determine which way was up.

 

Forty percent of the body's heat is lost from the head. Wearing a hat is very important.

 

 

 

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If you ever trail your boat to the states always remember that the channel markers are the opposite way round to ours; ie greens are on your Port side when entering a harbour ph34r.gif

Is that one of the cardinal rules then? wink.gif

 

Mad Mike

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If you ever trail your boat to the states always remember that the channel markers are the opposite way round to ours; ie greens are on your Port side when entering a harbour ph34r.gif

Is that one of the cardinal rules then? wink.gif

 

Mad Mike

Cardinal sins if you get it wrong huh.gif

Posted

does this mean there's an opening for a drink and drugs councellor on the safety

committee tongue.gif with entertaining expenses rolleyes.gif

 

sick.gifsick.gif Think of all the research you'd need to do!! sick.gifsick.gif

 

 

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