Boating Safety
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 to your state 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 pertainent sites that provide other information that is helpful to boaters.
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Learn how to safely launch your boat
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Learn the Aids to Navigation
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Learn the local maritime laws and regulations
United States Coast Guard - Online Inland and International Rules for Navigation
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Learn about Extreme Tides
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Learn how to Winterize your boat.
Winterizing Your Diesel Engine: Oil Change
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State Boating Requirements
Boating Safety and Boating Knowledge Links
- Sail Magazine
- United States Coast Guard -Vessel Safety Checks
- Defibrillators for Boaters
- Float Plans
- Boat US
- United States Power Squardron
- SailNet
- Sail Boat Stuff
- United States Coast Guard Boating Safety
- United StatesCoast Guard Boating Safety Resource Center
- Communications Applications -- Ariticle on Apps for Boating Safety including filing logs, Float Plans, Navigation, Weather and boating in general for the iPhone, iPad, Droid and Others. From "Mad Mariner"
- CommanderBobs Notebook - Good safety tips within the top banner.
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Survival Times without Water
Consumption of hydrating fluids is of great inportance regardless of time and temperature. IObviously, in hotter temperatures, the body will lose water faster, so consumption of liquids (non-alcholic) is eveen more important. Further, ill health, exposure to the elements, shock, and panic can reduce your survival time in any situation. An important additional consideration is whether or not to eat food when there may be an inadequate supply of water. Certainly foods that contain a high proportion of water, such many kinds of fuits and berries may actually aid the survivor in providing water. Meat, dry and salty foods should be avoided as they require water from your body for processing and will serve to dehydrate you further.
The survivor who is in good health, who uses his head, and rations whatever water is at hand may expect to be able to survive according to the following chart. Of course, there are many factors to be considered so your mileage may vary and this table should not be viewed as all inclusive.
| Max Daily Temperature | Number of Days in the Shade | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Water | 1 Quart .95 Liter |
2 Quarts 1.90 Liters |
4 Quarts 3.79 Liters |
10 Quarts 9.46 Liters |
20 Quarts 18.93 Liters |
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| 120 F / 48.9 C | 2 days | 2 | 2 | 2.5 | 3 | 4.5 |
| 110 F / 43.3 C | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| 100 F / 37.8 C | 5 | 5.5 | 6 | 7 | 9.5 | 13.5 |
| 90 F / 32.2 C | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10.5 | 15 | 23 |
| 80 F / 26.7 C | 9 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 19 | 29 |
| 70 F / 21.1 C | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 20.5 | 32 |
| 60 F / 15.6 C | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 21 | 32 |
| 50 F / 10.0 C | 10 | 11 | 12 | 14.5 | 21 | 32 |
(Table source: Survival Topics at http://www.survivaltopics.com/survival/how-long-can-you-survive-without-water/)
NOTE: MainSail Charters & Research, LLC does not endorse or deny the information presented in the table above, but only provides it to you the reader, as a source of informantion upon which you may expand your information gathering.
