To Sink or to Float? – Time & Tide
March 13, 2023
To sink or to float: That is the question when considering the use of a PFD.
To sink or to float: That is the question when considering the use of a PFD.
Seeing a man nearly drown after his boat capsized made me think hard about how to stay safe.
Of course you should wear a life jacket, but it’s not as simple as just saying “always.”
Mario Vittone, Soundings and PassageMaker contributor, and Safety and Rescue at Sea instructor, goes over how to pack your life jacket to survive falling overboard.
Mario Vittone’s latest post on his Soundings Magazine Lifelines blog
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2016 Recreational Boating Statistics Wednesday, revealing that boating fatalities nationwide that year totaled 701, the highest number
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All the right things, in all the right places.
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Let’s bring back these nautical words and terms. They’re better than the way we communicate today.
Once a rescue craft, this Norway-built steel trawler is the ticket to ride for a venturesome crew.
