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BOATING ARTICLES

• Inboard Gasoline Engine Mentality
• Doggie Boat Safety
• Braking a Boat
• Hurricane Primer
• Hurricane! - Full Article with Illustrations
• Educate, don't Legislate
• Fire on Board!
• Reliance on GPS
• Life Jackets - the real scoop
• Man Overboard on your boat
• Thru Hulls and Sinkings
• VHF radio & Cell Phone use
• USCG Tactical Training
• Trap floats and lines
• Electronics Maintenance
• How to Catch Fish
• Fishing Safety
• Signaling Devices
• Personal Safety Plan
• Tides
• Currents
• Clean Fuel Management
• Security & Piracy Primer
• Security & Piracy -  Full article
• Crew Safety Orientation 
• Marine Stings & Bites - Full Article with Illustrations
• Dangerous Seas
• Mountain Top Revelation
• Safe Boat Trailering
• A Critical Assessment of the U.S. Code for Lightning Protection of Boats - Ewen Tomson, member IEEE
  (This is a 7 page .pdf file, and is a technical discussion of lightning protection. Written May 1991)