Helpful boating safety tips for the holiday season
Marine Rescue NSW offers some safe boating tips for the holidays and summer silly seasonMarine Rescue NSW (MRNSW) has urged holidaymakers to put safety first to ensure their time on the water is well spent. Commissioner Stacey Tannos has also added some simple precautions below to minimise your boating risk.
His timely advice follows the recently released Royal Lifesaving Society report, Boating and Watercraft: A 10 Year Analysis of Drowning Deaths in Australia, highlighting the need for boaters to take simple precautions to help ensure they were safe on the water.
"It’s alarming that 473 people drowned in incidents involving boats or other watercraft over the past decade, including 149 in NSW," Mr Tannos said.
"Tragically, 92 per cent of the victims were not wearing a lifejacket. It’s the quickest, easiest step you can take to help save your life in an emergency — but it can’t save you if you don’t have it on."
Commissioner Tannos said boaters could take simple precautions to help ensure they returned home safely:
1. Ensure everyone on board is wearing a lifejacket.
2. Log On and Log Off with Marine Rescue NSW.
3. Check your vessel is in good working order.
Marine Rescue NSW is the state’s official volunteer search and rescue service. If you need help on the water in NSW, contact MRNSW by phone or marine radio. For more details see www.marinerescuensw.com.au.
In a life-threatening emergency, call Triple Zero or make a Mayday call on your marine radio.
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