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.
YUP! More folks will die for that reason alone afloat.. And a drunk captain.
Be Safe!!
I have found that people breathing was involved in 99.9% of all accidents.
The other .1 is classified.