5. Career Coast Guard here: Wear your life jacket. Period. Don’t drink and drive a boat. Period. Use the kill switch on your boat/PWC. Know where you’re going, tell two people your itinerary.
Make sure a second person on the vessel knows how to operate it. Practice man overboard drills/situations. The backfire flame arrester on your engine is your friend, do not remove it. I promise you it doesn’t “gain you any horsepower” when you remove it. Keep a life ring / throwable within arms reach. If you ever fall through ice you only have minutes to get yourself on the shelf. Once you’re on the shelf roll away from it towards stronger ice don’t try to stand up and walk.
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