BOATING SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE

Every year, hundreds of individuals are injured in boating accidents. Safe boating is as necessary as safe driving. Individual States have laws and regulations pertaining to boating activity in their jurisdiction. The portals below will take you where you can find out what you need to know about your State’s boating requirements. Besides just boating safety, below are links to other pertinent sites that provide other information that is helpful to boaters.

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Learn how to safely launch your boat (or not)

An example of a bad boat launch.

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Learn the Aids to Navigation (ATONS)

What is this particular aid to navigation termed?

Additional Resources

US COAST GUARD AUXILIARY

ATONs Descriptions (PDF)

United States Coast Guard – ATONS

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Maritime Laws

The US Coast Guard will stop you if your vessel is not up to code.

Learn the State and Local maritime laws and regulations

United States Coast Guard – Online Inland and International Rules for Navigation (PDF)

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TIDES AND TIDAL INFLUENCES

Learn about Extreme High Tides or sometimes called “King Tides“

Extreme Low Tides,

Spring and Neap Tides

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ADDITIONAL SAFETY RESOURCE LINKS

•United States Coast Guard –Vessel Safety Checks

•Defibrillators for Boaters Search this term and you will find many sources to choose fro,

•United States Power Squadron

•United StatesCoast Guard Boating Safety Resource Center

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