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Boating Safety
Boat Safety. It Could Mean Your Life
Boating Pointers
So, the following helpful boating pointers are useful to boaters of all types.
Also, Maui Boating assumes no responsibility or liability for events that occur due to actions you or others on your behalf take based on the information given. So, You are proceeding at your own risk. Boat Safety.
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- ANCHORING IN CHANGING WIND AND CURRENT
- WHEN THE ANCHOR DRAGS
- TIPS ON DOCKING YOUR BOAT
- GETTING YOUR BOAT OFF A DOCK
- SPRINGING ON AND OFF A DOCK
- TAKING CARE OF ROPE
- LINE HANDLING
- STANDING RIGGING
- TIPS ON NAVIGATING THE CHANNEL
- DEAD RECKONING NAVIGATION
- STEERING BY COMPASS
- RANGES AND TRANSITS
- READING BUOYS AND MARKS
- WHAT IS LEFT AND RIGHT?
- SPRING COMISSIONING
- TOWING
- TRAILERING YOUR BOAT
- WHICH TACK TO TAKE FOR SAILERS
Navigation and Boat Handling
Chart Information
Maintenance
Alcohol and Boating
Education
- U.S. COAST GUARD AUXILIARY COURSES
- BOATING FACILITY TIPS
- GIVE YOURSELF OR YOUR NAUTICAL LOVED ONE A NAUTICAL EDUCATION
- HOMELAND SECURITY AND THE MARITIME NATION
- I HEAR THE SIREN AND SEE THE LIGHT, I'VE JUST BEEN PULLED OVER
- IT WOULD HAVE MADE A GREAT VIDEO
- KIDS AND BOATING: AN OPPORTUNITY TO INSTILL RECREATIONAL BOATING SAFETY VALUES THAT WILL LAST A LIFETIME
- ODE TO THE FISHERMAN
- SUDDENLY IN COMMAND
- WANTED: RESPONSIBLE BOATERS
- WHY SAILERS NEED MORE EDUCATION THAN POWERBOATERS-OR DO THEY?
Anchoring Information
Boating Safety Quizzes
Medical
- HEIMLICHMANEUVER IN WATER
- THE EFFECTS OF PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION BEFORE LEAVING DOCK
- BOATING UNDER INFLUENCE (OF MEDICATIONS)
- CARBON MONOXIDE- PROTECT YOURSELF FROM THIS SILENT KILLER
- WHAT EVERY BOATER NEEDS TO KNOW ABOUT ELECTRIC SHOCK DROWNING
- PHYSICAL WELL BEING-FATIGUE
- PHYSICAL WELL BEING- SEASICKNESS
- SOME SEA CREATURES TO THINK TWICE ABOUT
- PHYSICAL WELL BEING- SUN AND HEAT RELATED FACTORS
Miscellaneous
- BEWARE OF E15 FUELS IN BOATS
- BOATING SAFETY TIPS
- BOAT NOMENCLATURE AND TERMINOLOGY
- DEADHEADS CAN GET YOU IF YOU DON'T WATCH OUT
- ESTIMATING WAVE HEIGHT
- FALSE DISTRESS SIGNALS ARE COSTLY
- FUELING YOUR BOAT
- KNOT TYING-TERMINOLOGY
- MAN OVERBOARD
- MARLINSPIKE- KNOT TYING
- PROPELLER STRIKES MAY PROVE DEADLY
- PWC'S-A LITTLE SAFETY WILL GO A LONG WAY
- PFD'S (PERSONAL FLOTATION DEVICE)
Free Informational Downloads
Boating Safety Articles
Equipment and Emergency Preparedness
- HOW TO CHOOSE THE RIGHT BOAT TRAILER
- BOATERS USE A CHECKLIST BEFORE GETTING UNDERWAY
- "BRIGHT TWIST" ON BOAT LETTERING AND NIGHT SAFETY
- CAN'T HEAR YOU - KEEP SHOUTING
- DEVICE ENDS 'SEARCH' IN SEARCH AND RESCUE
- DOES YOUR BOAT HAVE A SOUND PRODUCING DEVICE
- DOWNTIME IS GOOD TIME TO CHECK SAFETY GEAR
- GPS- BASIC NAVIGATOR FUNCTIONS
- HOW TO CHOOSE A HANDHELD GPS RECEIVER
- LASER TECHNOLOGY MAY REPLACE PYROTECHNIC SIGNALS
- BETTER TO "KNOW BEFORE YOU GO"
- LINE HANDLING AND CARE
- VISUAL DISTRESS SIGNALS
- MARINE NAVIGATIONAL AIDS TO HAVE ABOARD YOUR BOAT
- MAGNETIC COMPASS
- MINIMUM LEGAL REQUIREMENTS
- NAUTICAL LIGHTING
- OLD FLARES BREED A DILEMMA
- RADAR - OPERATION CONTROLS
- SEMI-ANNUAL SAFETY CHECKLIST
- THINK BOATING SAFETY
- TOP 5 ESSENTIAL BOAT PARTS
- WATER SAFETY IS IN YOUR HANDS WITH THE SAFETY TURTLE SYSTEM
- WHAT DO I DO WITH MY OLD FORE EXTINGUISHER?
U.S. Coast Guard Info
- NOT ALL BOATING ACCIDENTS HAPPEN ON THE WATER
- USCG AUXILIARY GETS GOOD NEWS ON THE EVE OF NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK
- DANGER AHEAD: 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY IS THE BUSIEST, AND OFTEN DEADLIEST TIME OF THE YEAR
- DON'T BE THE VICTIM OF THE 'SILENT KILLER'
- HOW ABOUT LENDING A HAND TO FIGHT TERRORISM
- THE DISCONTINUATION OF *CG
- WHEN IT REALLY COUNTS, IT'S GOOD TO BE A USCG AUXILIARY MEMBER
Telecommunications
- COSPAS-SARSAT: SAVING LIVES FOR 20 YEARS
- DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH AUTOMATIC CHANNEL SWITCHING ON DIGITAL SELECTIVE CALLING (DSC) EQUIPPED VHF MARINE RADIOS
- FUNCTIONING MARINE RADIO CRUCIAL WHEN EMERGENCIES HAPPEN
- THE IMPORTANCE OF COMMUNICATION IN AN EMERGENCY
- MAN GETS 18 MONTHS FOR HOAX DISTRESS CALL TO COAST GAURD
- U.S. VHF CHANNELS
- MARINE RADIO INFORMATION FOR BOATERS
- MARITIME TELECOMMUNICATIONS
- NEW RULES FOR EMERGENCY BEACONS
- NOAA WEATHER RADIO FREQUENCIES
- MARINE COMMUNICATIONS- UNDERSTANDING YOUR RADIO
- WHETHER YOUR GOING OFFSHORE OR NOT, AN EPIRB IS NOT A BAD IDEA
Weather
- BAD WEATHER AND ROUGH WATER-ENTERING OR EXITING A PORT
- BAD WEATHER AND ROUGH WATER-DEALING WITH CURRENT AND HIGH WINDS
- COLD WATER SURVIVAL-PREVENTING HEAT LOSS
- COLD WATER SURVIVAL-DRESSING FOR COLD WATER SURVIVAL
- COLD WATER BOATING REQUIRES CAUTION, PREPERATION
- GEAR FOR COLD WEATHER BOATING
- HANDLING HYPOTHERMIA
- HEAVY WEATHER OPERATIONS
- HYPOTHERMIA AND COLD SHOCK-THE RISKS OF OFF SEASON BOATING
- HYPOTHERMIA IN SUMMERTIME? YOU'RE KIDDIN ME?
- LAND BREEZE-UNDERSTANDING MARINE WEATHER
- MARINE LAYER
- OCEANGRAFIX ALERT: POSSIBLE PAPER CHART CHANGES DUE TO HURRICANES
- PHYSICAL WELL BEING-EFFECTS OF COLD WEATHER
- RIP CURRENTS
- SEA MYTHS AND SAYINGS
- SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS
- UNDERSTANDING MARINE WEATHER-OCEAN CIRCULATIONS
- UNDERSTANDING MARINE WEATHER-SEA BREEZE
- WAVES AND SURF
- WHAT SHOULD I DO IF A HURRICANE IS A THREAT TO MY BOAT
- WHEN A STORM THREATENS IT'S TIME TO INCREASE YOUR HOLD ON YOUR BOAT
- WIND CHILL
More Information
Boating Accident Statistics
Read the latest recreational boating accident statistics as compiled by the U.S. Coast Guard to learn from others’ mistakes. The information is available in Adobe PDF File format.
File a Float Plan
It is always a good idea to use the U.S. Coast Guard Float Plan that describes the details of your planned outing. So, It contains the who, what, where, when and how of your outing or trip.
Simply fill out the form before heading out on the water, print it, and leave it with a person who can be depended upon to notify the local police, sheriff, Coast Guard station or other rescue organization, should you not return as scheduled. (Do not file this plan with the Coast Guard.) The information provided is considered the “minimum” information needed when filling out a float plan. Consider utilizing the back side(s) of these forms to provide as much detailed information as possible to ensure complete information is on hand in the event you should have a mishap.