Tips to Remember During Boating Emergencies
Safety Preparedness Can Never Be Overrated Raritan Engineering Company your marine heads specialists would like to share with you these topics we thought would be of interest to you this month regarding tips to remember during boating emergencies. A lot of mishaps can occur out on the water, but thankfully most are more inconvenient and embarrassing than anything else. But when lives are on the line – your boat is on fire or sinking rapidly with people on board, for example, or someone is in imminent danger of dying without immediate medical assistance – you want every available resource dispatched to your position. A Mayday – the term is derived from the French venez m'aider, meaning “Come. Help me” – should be transmitted if possible via marine-band VHF-FM radio Channel 16 or 2182 kHz MF/SSB. Your marine heads experts talk about how emergencies can go from bad to worse in seconds so try to get as much information across in as little time as possible. When the Coast Guard r...