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Radio All Hazards. Topics
will include Distress Beacons,
Thunderstorm Safety, Boating
Under the Infl uence and more.
A different safety message will
appear each day. Check out nws.
noaa.gov/safeboating.
One more thing that ties into
Safe Boating Week but will serve
boaters through the season,
however long it is in their
location, is the U.S Coast Guard
Mobile App (uscg.mil/mobile).
It’s free, created and supported
by the nation’s recreational
boating safety coordinator, and
works on Android and Apple
devices. Check out the list of
included features: state boating
information; a safety equipment
checklist; free boating safety
check requests; navigation rules;
fl oat plans; and calling features
to report pollution or suspicious
activity. Users who have location
services enabled can receive
the latest weather reports from
the closest NOAA weather
buoys, report the location of a
hazard on the water and use the
emergency assistance button,
which will call the nearest Coast
Guard command center.
All in all, it’s easier to stay
safe than ever, and connecting
with authorities in the case of an
emergency is push-button easy.
So get out there and have fun.6 SEAMAGAZINE.COM MAY 2017IT’S HERE!
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HIS IS THE month. It’s fi nally here. May is the time,
with Memorial Day occupying the fi nal Monday
and giving boaters a three-day weekend to kick
boating season into gear. Our advice, as always, is to
have fun. What is boating if nobody is having fun? But,
as always, we add the caveat to be safe.
Now’s the time to begin prepping the boat for the
season, if you haven’t begun to do it already. Dust
off those checklists and get to work. Check the VHF,
seacocks, fl ares, life jackets, life rafts, engine fi lters,
oil and the myriad other items that are vital to a boat’s
health and its occupants’ safety. Anyone in doubt about
his boat’s preparedness — or wanting to confi rm its
Coast Guard-readiness — should schedule a Vessel
Safety Check through the Coast Guard Auxiliary.
Those folks will
give any boat the
once-over and issue
recommendations
for getting it ready
for an on-the-water
Coast Guard inspec-
tion, should a boat be
boarded. Visit cgaux.org/vsc/ for more info.
On another safety-related note, May 20-26 is
National Safe Boating Week, driven by the North
American Safe Boating Campaign. Events such as
Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day will take place all
week, as a way to remind boaters about the importance
of practicing safe boating. Check out safeboatingcam-
paign.com to fi nd out more or to take part.
Even NOAA as gotten in on the Safe Boating Week
action. The National Weather Service partnered with
the National Safe Boating Council and will broadcast
public service announcements on NOA A WeatherOur advice,
as always, is
to have fun.