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Boating safety

Tips for keeping yourself and your passengers safe on a boat

Tips

Learn how to swim and boating safety skills
Make sure everyone wears a properly fitted U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jacket
Know the weather conditions and never swim or boat in an area with strong moving currents in the water
Never operate a boat while drinking alcohol or using drugs
Tell a family member or friend your boating trip plan in case of emergency. Tell them who is going on the boat, where you are going, and how long you will be gone

For more information, visit the National Safe Boating Council

Additional Resources

Open file, Outdoor Recreation Safety Tips

Open file, Water safety for everyone

Open file, Learn to swim!

Open DOCX file, 13.15 KB, Learn to Swim (English, DOCX 13.15 KB)

Open PDF file, 99.53 KB, Learn to Swim - Spanish (Spanish, PDF 99.53 KB)

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Open PDF file, 116.69 KB, Learn to Swim - Portuguese (Portuguese, Portugal, PDF 116.69 KB)

Open DOCX file, 13.37 KB, Learn to Swim - Portuguese (Portuguese, Portugal, DOCX 13.37 KB)

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