Boating Safety Links and Information

There are a lot of issues to cover about boating safety. Sadly, we can not fit everything we would like to put on about safety. We hope to offer some tips and advice, some dealing with the river, some dealing with boating in general. If you can think of a topic for this area please email the webmaster@contriosyachtclub.org.

National Weather Service clickable map for river levels:
http://water.weather.gov//ahps2/index.php?wfo=lsx

RIVER NAVIGATION NOTICES AND CLOSURE INFORMATION:

As the river levels change so does the river closing and other navigation notices. To make certain you have the latest information go to the River Industry Bulletin Board (RIBB) Coast Guard / Corps of Engineers Hot Topics web page at http://www.ribb.com/navnotice.html . Clicking on the Memo # will pull up the full notice.

Law Enforcement and Safety information groups on the Mississippi River

Missouri Water Patrol

U.S. Coast Guard

U.S. Power Squadron

U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

U.S. Coast Guard Notice to Local Mariners Western Rivers:

Notice to Local Mariners

Galvanic isolators Here is a SEAWORTHY article what you should do before you "plug in"

Trailering your boat A SEAWORTHY article on boat trailering. Get some good tips!

Boating safety courses:

Here is a boating safety course you can take on line. This one is from the folks at Boat US Foundation.

Here is the National safe boating test you can take online.

Vessel safety checks:

Here is a site that explains the importance of having a vessel safety check and allow you to perform a virtual safety check on you boat.

Vessel Safety Checks

Here are some articles on boating safety provided by SEAWORTHY the Boat US Marine Insurance and Damage Avoidance report.

Why boats catch fire. This is an interesting article about fires on boats and what the most common causes are.

Why boats sink and how to keep them afloat. How to avoid that "sinking" feeling.

Caught in a thunderstorm. Some actual accounts of people.