A publication of the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators
If you ask me, I’ll tell you that boat crew training in the U.S. Coast Guard is the best in the world. I might be biased or it might be because we have been doing it for over 225 years. We’ve been able to put together a program that gets people trained and ready to […]
In the last issue of Small Craft Advisory, we discussed egress from a capsized boat. After reading that article I hope you started to think seriously about the possibility and ponder what if scenarios. I also hope you put plans in place to prepare for that possibility. The Coast Guard’s motto is Semper Paratus (Latin: […]
Visibility is blackout, even before the boat flips over. “Mayday! Mayday!” the radio crackles. Thirty-knot winds rake the water’s surface, whipping up spray in the churning froth of three-foot waves. Thunder booms. The sky opens up and hurricane rains explode like popcorn when they hit the sea. Ping! Ping! Ping! The aluminum hull rings urgently […]
