California Boating
A Course for Safe Boating
101
Accident Prevention and Rescue
OBJECTIVES
You will learn:
Trends and causes of boating
accidents
Basics of accident prevention
and rescue
Prevention and rescue methods
for environmental hazards
Basic rescue for water activities,
such as capsizing, person
overboard, collision, grounding
and water skiing
Face it, accidents still happen, no matter how prepared you are. This chapter
will teach you how to prevent accidents, and what to do when you can’t. It
includes several “what if” cases taken from real boating accidents, to help you
recognize dangers, rescue injured people and prevent accidents.
Knowing how to prevent accidents and rescue others will give you more
confidence and make your time on the water more enjoyable.
Chapter 5