The Most Important Boating Safety Tool: Judgement
This is both heartbreaking…and infuriating. Three children were killed last night when the 34-foot Silverton yacht they were on to watch fireworks capsized and sunk off Long Island (coverage here,...
View ArticleElectric Shock Drowning: three more dead this week
I wrote a draft of this post last week, and wanted Kevin Ritz, President of the Electric Shock Drowning Prevention Association, to check its accuracy before going to press. In the interim three more...
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Are safety regulations really protecting us?
When we think rescue at sea we often picture an heroic airlift of desperate people stranded on a reef or in heavy seas. But is this really where our SAR dollars are going? (From the Courier-Mail) Now...
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The Importance of the Dinghy
We tend to underestimate the importance of our dinghies, referring to them as dinks and rubber duckies, but they are one of the most important pieces of gear we've got on a vessel. They're the family...
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What’s an eATON? I’m Glad You Asked
By Kimball Livingston Posted May 15, 2014 Ready for electronic aids to navigation? They’re here, in beta, though you may not see them yourself, soon-type soon. And please understand them as...
View ArticleMotorboats, PWCs lead in Boating Fatalities
From Coast Guard Public Affairs WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2013 Recreational Boating Statistics Wednesday, revealing that boating fatalities that year totaled 560 — the lowest...
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NOAH CULLEN: Young Sailor’s Body Found Aboard Sunken Sailboat
A mystery that has tortured the sailing and diving community in the Upper Florida Keys for most of the past two months was resolved early this week when two technical divers descended about 300 feet...
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