Let the kid drive the boat so you can drink.
Where’s #11 about securing your firearms so they don’t end up at the bottom of the lake?
My rule: Always get the most luxurious outside cabin you can afford.
When I attended the Hunter Safety Instructors Academy, I was surprised to learn that they were losing more hunters to drowning than to firearms accidents. That was in Mississippi.
Never keep your entire firearms collection on boats.
Aye, aye, captain!
11. Don’t forget the drain plug.
Ok just reserved ‘Stargazer’, 22-ft sloop for sailing Sunday afternoon in beautiful Pensacola Bay! Have a wonderful holiday weekend freepers, and save a thought for the brave men who gave their lives to keep us free.
Do not attempt to save fuel by piggy-backing.
No safety vests, brothers. That's what I'm talking about.
It is exceptionally important that when going boating to secure all your firearms and ammunition, so that in case the boat tips, even if it does not capsize, you do not lose your firearms and ammunition, where it would be difficult or impossible for the government to locate so it could be confiscated.
Somebody must think FReepers are REALLY bad boaters based on all the “boating accidents” and the associated loss of valuables that have been reported.
This should keep more of our assets safe.
Don’t bring ANY of your guns on board the damn boat.
Always make sure the Captain of the boat is sober and has a license. Pontoons and houseboats , be careful!
Personally, never ride anything below 90K tons these days.
And Be Safe!!
7. Avoid alcohol is #1. Alcohol is the #1 correlation with boating and water tragedies. Alcohol is the #1 correlation with tragedies during hunting, fishing, recreational activities and RV off the water. Alcohol is the #1 correlation with tragedies in the home and with domestic violence.
People do stupid things when they’ve had a drink..even when not totally drunk. We have a choice whether to be stupid or not.
7. Avoid alcohol is #1. Alcohol is the #1 correlation with boating and water tragedies. Alcohol is the #1 correlation with tragedies during hunting, fishing, recreational activities and RV off the water. Alcohol is the #1 correlation with tragedies in the home and with domestic violence.
People do stupid things when they’ve had a drink..even when not totally drunk. We have a choice whether to be stupid or not.
I was on Millacs Lake in Minnesota. It is big. About 12 x 18 miles. The way you fish is to find a spot then drift with the current. It is not unusual to have dozens of boats around you doing this.
Some yaahoo is going full tilt in his boat right down the middle of all these boats. The nose was up so high he could not see where he was going. The person perched in the small seat up front had to point out that he was heading straight for us. The guy turned but not before I was figuring out where and when to jump out of the boat. He did not slow down.
Another time a boat snag our lines. That one got away.
Quite a few years ago I was camping at Lake Oolagah in Oklahoma. I think I was the only person in the campground. It was I think in April.
I had purchased a used military Carl Zeiss binocular and was sitting at a concrete pic-nic table. I was scanning the lake and noticed a sailboat overturned with two people sitting on it.
The temperature was in the 40s with steady high wind. They were also soaking wet. I went to the Ranger station and told them. I then went back and watched.
Pretty soon a Lake Patrol boat left a marina and soon had a rope on the sailboat and the passengers on board. They towed it to the marina.
I never heard anything more but I am certain they were in a life threatening situation.
Thanks, I just bought a 1974 14ft Sea Nymph v-hull with a 15hp Johnson outboard a couple days ago. It’s in great shape. Come to think of it, I was a young Marine then. Everyone needs to watch “7 person boat crash”