Safety And Rescue At Sea

Petty Officer Michael Kelly, a rescue swimmer with the United States Coast Guard, will receive the 2019 IMO Award for Exceptional Bravery at Sea

We join the Norwegian Society for Sea Rescue on a patrol of the icy waters near the Barents Sea to learn just how far these crews will go to save a boater’s bacon

No matter how big your boat is when you are lost you are a small object in a large ocean.

Mario Vittone explains why an EPIRB alone is not enough in his Soundings magazine column, Lifelines.

Safety Expert Mario Vittone goes over how to setting your VHF up for safety.

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.

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.

Plus, Chris Parker's 'Weather 101' Is Now Accepting Students

The importance of having a plan

A great article from Mario Vittone's Sounding Magazine Lifeline Blog on the best device for being found.

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.

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.

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