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Mario Vittone, Soundings and PassageMaker contributor, and Safety and Rescue at Sea instructor, goes over how to pack your life jacket to survive falling overboard.

Good luck is a bad safety plan for boating, here is why you need to be prepared.

The USCG issues a Marine Safety Alert on this potential issue after numerous reports of degraded radio communication

Soundings contributor Mario Vittone explains why "Always Wear Your Life Jacket" is terrible advice, in order to actually get you to wear your life jacket more.

Understand weather and make safer decisions onboard your boat.

Help put a stop to these calls. A Friendly PSA from the USCG on why radio discipline is important.

This new device from Weems & Plath connects a waterproof beacon to your smart phone or tablet to keep an eye on all those aboard.

Mike Diaz, a kayak fisherman, describes spending 17 hours treading water and fighting the tides of Long Island Sound after his kayak capsized in October of 2017. Diaz credits his life jacket with his survival.

Coast Guard reminds mariners not to use emergency flares as celebration tools during 4th of July

Check out the latest safe boating video from AV-OG-TIL

In Italy, dogs are certified as lifeguards and provide incredible lifesaving skills.

Check out this course from Boaters University on safety and how to prepare for rescue at sea.

Understanding how your EPIRB works and how to operate it is better to do before disaster strikes.

Accidents, injuries, and deaths are down, but most death's still frustratingly preventable.

Electric shock drowning from stray dock and boat current is a preventable tragedy

A followup to Mario Vittone's "Drowning Doesn't Look Like Drowning" article from Soundings Magazine.

Mention drowning and we all tend to envision a person in the water waving his hands, splashing and screaming for help. That’s not even remotely close to what a drowning person looks like, writes Mario Vittone in this week’s Lifelines: Safety And Rescue At Sea blog.

Get ready to learn Safety & Rescue at Sea

The importance of 406 MHz emergency beacons and how they work

Mario Vittone's latest post on his Soundings Magazine Lifelines blog

Soundings Magazine's regular contributor, Mario Vittone dives deep on cold water immersion in this post on his lifelines blog