The Aurora Marine Club is sponsored by:
"Life is better on a Boat!"
- Alcohol and Boating
- Capsizing or Swamping Your Boat
- Fire Onboard - What to Do
- Using Your Fire Extinguisher
- Hot Weather
- Fueling Your Boat
- Water-Skier Tips
- Personal Floatation Devices
- Why Men Drown
- Falling Overboard - First Avoid It!
- Fallin Overboard - Self Rescue
- Falling Overboard - Assisted Recover
- Stuck, Alone and Cold
ALCOHOL AND BOATING
Over 1,000 people die in boating accidents every year. Nine out of ten of them drown. About half those deaths involve alcohol. It's tough enough to stay alert in the heat and sun but adding alcohol to this exposure intensifies the effects. Sometimes just a couple of beers are too many. When you're drinking, statistically, you're much more likely to fall overboard. Alcohol also reduces your body's ability to protect against cold water. So within minutes you may not be able to call for help, or swim to safety. Actually, a drunken person whose head is immersed can be confused and swim down to death instead of up to safety.
Members, please do not drink alcohol while boating !!
Thanks, Captain Aurora
