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Summertime in the Carolina welcome everyone to the

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Carolina outdoor I'm your host Bill Bar t.

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What are you're joining us via the airways

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to check out those podcast

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listings from previous episodes, as well as maybe

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check out Jesse Browns.

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I'm your host Bill T. And 1 of

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my duties here is to make sure that

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we are all safe during these summer months.

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And, of course, so many of us across

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the Carolina are hitting area lakes and taking

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the boats out or the p

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And we need to be safe. You may

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ask what is APC

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personal water is what that is.

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Jet ski for many of us, but both

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Carolina,

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South Carolina and North Carolina have different voter

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safety

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websites

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and requirements for border safety. Now here on

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the Carolina outdoors, we must say

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that these are easy enough courses with

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enough knowledge

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provided

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that it's good no matter who you are,

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no matter what age you are whether you're

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born before 19 88 or 2008,

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as a different states respectively require. You can

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go over to South Carolina because we have

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a lot of South Carolina

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listeners

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dot s c dot gov

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for more information there.

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North Carolina Voters n c wildlife

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dot 0RG.

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Now, both states provide courses

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wherever you are. If you get 1 through

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the state, they will have it logged, but

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there's several

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online courses that are listed on both websites

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for you to utilize.

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However, if you do it that way,

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online that is with,

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someone that's not 1 of the states,

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you are required to, if ask, show

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your graduation from border safety. So I figured

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here on the Carolina outdoors, we could go

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through some of the boating safety

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ideals.

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Some of the things before you leave

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what you should do. And for many, this

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is gonna sound like it's something that we

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all should know. Number 1, and you can

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do it if you're a W listener for

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sure, but, check

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the weather.

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That's number 1. Check the weather. Let someone

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know where you are going,

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gather all life saving devices and make sure

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they're in good service

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condition and are the correct size

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for passengers. Keep that in mind, especially if

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children are gonna be out on the boat

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Check the fuel and the battery charge and

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make sure this is important that your lights

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are in good working condition,

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on the boat, and if you're trailer

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to 1 of the boat ramps, make sure

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those lights

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brake lights, turn signals,

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hazards work on your trailer as well. Make

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sure a fire ex is readily accessible and

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in good, serviceable

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before you leave

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for 1 of the area lakes

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in your boat.

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Here is 1 that oftentimes is forgotten

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embarrassing so,

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put the plug in. There's nothing work worse

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put in your boat in in the into

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the water,

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and not having the plug in because what

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immediately then,

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the boat starts taking on water

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is not float. So put the boat in,

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chains to to the trailer if you're towing

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it and carry a

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communication device,

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take that cell phone, take your mobile phone.

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know the age to navigation and the boy

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in your area. Don't operate the boat under

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the influence of any alcohol or drugs.

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boat, namely a sailboat,

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please be aware of any overhead power lines

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what happens if someone falls

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overboard when you're out there on the water

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and and this is very important to to

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note if, someone falls overboard, throw something that

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will float

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raft or a cooler to the person, kill

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the engine 2 if if need be.

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With some of the worst injuries that have

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have been if someone had gone off the

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back of the boat and and the operator

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of the boat,

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tries to stop or reverse

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and you have people in the back of

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the boat near the rotors,

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so always kick that thing into neutral. Don't

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try to reverse

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the boat.

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from the right, have the right away.

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and pull the anchor before leaving.

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If you're just joining us here on the

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Carolina outdoors on I'm Bill Bart, kinda going

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through some

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border safety. You can find these things on

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the 2 states c wildlife dot 0RG

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head over to boating safety,

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and d r dot s c dot gov

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voting safety for South Carolina waterways

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as well.

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If a boat caps sizes

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stay with the boat. The reason

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is it makes it easier

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to get you, especially if you're out, many

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people are heading for the coast,

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Carolina beaches if you're off the coast stay

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with the boat, don't try to get away.

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head into the wind, put on your P.

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What is that? Personal

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flotation device?

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Back in the olden days, people would call

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them life savers. That's not what we call

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them now. They are personal flotation devices.

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keep passengers low in the boat. That is

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in case you are caught in a storm.

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Cold water voters,

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who is at Fishermen for sure,

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that this in a big deal here in

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the summer, Duck Hunters,

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sailors who were out in cold water,

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cold water kills.

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So, we don't have to worry about that.

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But it did make the list. It... When

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I bring that up, it makes me think

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of 1 of the founders,

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thompson, mister Thompson, 1 of the founders, of

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the north face was on a boating trip,

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canoe trip

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in South America,

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and he was in a lake, sizable lake

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with a group.

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But he became caps from his

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his boat, and this is a human powered

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and he was...

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70 plus years old couldn't quite get back

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into it. So he had to stay in

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the 40 plus degree

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water,

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hypothermia

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set in. He was probably in the water

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for 45 minutes

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it was fatal. It was a fatal decision

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just because of that. We don't have to

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worry about that And the Carolina is here

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in the summertime, but when it makes the

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list,

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we call it out.

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If you see any,

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boating,

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fishing or hunting

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situations you can contact

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the state that you were in. Of course,

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this is the Carolina outdoors, covering both Carolina,

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north and South Carolina,

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we are ema imaging from 1 Julian price

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and we are trying to keep everyone safe.

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I mentioned this on a previous episode, and

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something that I like to do and it

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is paddle, believe it or not between the

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2 states,

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in Lake Wiley. So Lake Wiley is on

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the banks of,

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York County, South Carolina, but also Me,

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and gaston counties,

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so you can be in those 2 states

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and 3 counties

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at least,

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when you're out on Lake Wiley,

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and I'm in a kayak, a 12 foot

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kayak pad around, of course, I've got my

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Personal flotation device that I am wearing,

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but travelers are 1 of the top

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grouping of voters to worry about,

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And part of it is,

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according to statistics there's people in smaller boats,

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Canoe, kayak raf,

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are more get this. They're more than twice

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as likely to drown as individuals operating larger

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vessels.

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this higher rate of fatality

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is attributed to 2 differing factors.

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1 paddle and others and small boats don't

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consider themselves boat

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and they fail to follow the same practices

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as other vessel operators. And secondly,

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many who use small boats

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don't have

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the skills or maybe the knowledge that they

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need to operate their a small,

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it's sometimes

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unstable,

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craft

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unstable part because when you're in a 12

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And I try to pick and choose when

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I'm out on the lake,

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pad, and I tried to pick and choose

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where I'm pad to and from,

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because if you cross the main channel of

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Lake Wiley in a 12 foot Kayak when

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all the other boats are out there it

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can't quickly become unstable just because of the

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the currents, that come from water skier, jet

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skier, but also some of the larger

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boats that are out there. That goes the

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same. If you're on Mountain Island, it goes

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to... For the same. If you're on Lake

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Norman, some or

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High rock any of those

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lakes

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in our area,

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you can become unstable.

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I was entering having a little fun and

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a little waves,

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also help propel me back to the to

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the shore.

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So I was utilizing that.

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But you also

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need to be

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aware of hazards that are unique to small

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boats like that extra current or extra waves

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and, people

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follow proper safety procedures when encountering

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those challenges. We're just trying to keep our

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area lake people safe and sound,

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whether you're on a P.

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We learn personal water craft, Jet ski, whether

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you're out on a bigger boat, larger than

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26 feet.

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Or shorter like my 12 foot kayak. We're

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gonna take a quick break. Come back on

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the other side, you're listening to the Carolina

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outdoors.