Programs

Brush Up on Your Boating Skills

Becoming a safer boater is good. Becoming a more competent and confident boater is better yet.

Keep a Proper Lookout

As boat captain, it’s your responsibility to maintain an unobstructed view from the helm.

Personal Watercraft Safety

As a PWC operator, you must follow all general boating laws and regulations, as well as some rules and tips specific to PWCs.

Your Life Jacket Only Works If You Wear It

One doesn’t look foolish in a life jacket. One looks responsible.

Life Jacket Extras

There are many ways beyond flotation in which your life jacket can become your best friend.

Why You Should Always Use Your Engine Cutoff Device

Simple and mechanical, it’s practically foolproof—if you’re wearing it.

Label That Human-Powered Watercraft

Add ownership and phone information to your paddlecraft or small unregistered boat.

Take on Head Seas More Smoothly

Beat the abuse of head seas with these helpful tips.

Avoiding, or Dealing with, Flooding

Central to enjoyable boating is keeping water out of the boat.

Towing Tubes Safely

Riding on towable tubes is one of the most accessible and inclusive ways there is to enjoy the water.

Chris Peterson from Hells Bay Boats Offers His Most Important Boating Tip

Chris Peterson from Hells Bay Boats reminds boaters that operating a boat under the impairment of alcohol or drugs is really bad idea. Alcohol is the number one leading contributor to boating accidents. If you can’r say Ride Dry, Drive Dry five times fast, let somebody else take the helm.

Troopers Share Stories of Responding to Drinking and Boating Accidents

Watch for the first time as we see the lasting effects that impaired boating has on first responders as Lake of the Ozarks Missouri Highway Patrolmen share their insights on years of impaired boater accident investigations. Corporal Stacey Mosher (25 years with Missouri water patrol) reports that alcohol was involved in every fatal incident she’s […]

Don’t Try This at Home

Some of the most important decisions you make while boating happen before you even leave shore—like whether or not to knock back a few beers. Although it can be tempting to enjoy a drink or two while out on the water, booze and boating really don’t mix. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, alcohol is […]

Tragedy on Dungeness Bay

A sea kayaking accident underlines the peril of cold water. By Jeff Moag Dungeness Spit is a sliver of hard sand barely 100 yards wide and more than five miles long, sheltering a shallow bay on the northern edge of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. The wildlife sanctuary teems with birds and sea life, and the spit […]

Captain Chris Wittman Shares His Most Important Boating Tip

Captain Chris Wittman reminds boaters that operating a boat under the impairment of alcohol or drugs is really bad idea. Alcohol is the number one leading contributor to boating accidents. Take the pledge and Ride Dry, Drive Dry or at least designate a sober skipper.

Capt. Benny Blanco Shares His Most Important Boating Tip

Capt. Benny Blanco, host of Florida Sportsman Watermen, shares his video reminds boaters that operating a boat under the impairment of alcohol or drugs is really bad idea. Alcohol is the number one leading contributor to boating accidents. Take the pledge and Ride Dry, Drive Dry or at least designate a sober skipper.

Video: Salty Jefferson and The Missing Partner

Every paddler has heard the tales of ol’ Salty, or at least versions of them. On any paddling excursion: Always paddle with a partner, a plan, and with a marine VHF radio.

Video: Salty Jefferson and Sober Choices

Every paddler has heard the tales of ol’ Salty, or at least versions of them. In a case for clear decisions and safety on the water: Never paddle impaired.