safety tips when sleeping aboard

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Safety When Sleeping Aboard

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Boat Safety Tips—When aboard

• US Coast Guard says we lose hundreds of lives every year to preventable recreational boating accidents

• This presentation provides tips that’ll help you stay safe, as you enjoy a night aboard

Alerting Devices

• Carbon Monoxide Detector– The exhaust leaks from your boats contain carbon monoxide – You cannot detect it since it’s odorless– Carbon monoxide detector will alert you through an alarm when

the toxic gas level rises

Radar Devices

• Radar Device – To detect incoming traffic and alert you– Set a larger perimeter boundary – This gives you time to respond if any boat or yacht crosses the

safety perimeter you’ve set for your boat/yacht

Global Positioning System (GPS)

• GPS– Will alert you if your boat moves beyond a set perimeter– This will keep your boat from drifting off as you drift off to sleep.

Check Functioning

• Ensure safety devices function properly• Test them devices before you hit the water• Check their batteries

– Make sure they are charged – Carry a couple of spare batteries

Other Safety Equipment

• Life jackets• Whistles• Emergency horn• Water tight flashlights

False Alarms

• The safety devices may trigger false alarms– Quite common with GPS owing to tidal movement

• Respond cautiously to every alarm …you never know which one signals a disaster and which one’s false

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