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Summertime in the Carolina welcome everyone to the
Carolina outdoor I'm your host Bill Bar t.
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I'm your host Bill T. And 1 of
my duties here is to make sure that
we are all safe during these summer months.
And, of course, so many of us across
the Carolina are hitting area lakes and taking
the boats out or the p
c's out.
And we need to be safe. You may
ask what is APC
personal water is what that is.
Jet ski for many of us, but both
Carolina,
South Carolina and North Carolina have different voter
safety
websites
and requirements for border safety. Now here on
the Carolina outdoors, we must say
that these are easy enough courses with
enough knowledge
provided
that it's good no matter who you are,
no matter what age you are whether you're
born before 19 88 or 2008,
as a different states respectively require. You can
go over to South Carolina because we have
a lot of South Carolina
listeners
DNR
dot s c dot gov
for more information there.
North Carolina Voters n c wildlife
dot 0RG.
Now, both states provide courses
wherever you are. If you get 1 through
the state, they will have it logged, but
there's several
online courses that are listed on both websites
for you to utilize.
However, if you do it that way,
online that is with,
someone that's not 1 of the states,
you are required to, if ask, show
your graduation from border safety. So I figured
here on the Carolina outdoors, we could go
through some of the boating safety
ideals.
Some of the things before you leave
what you should do. And for many, this
is gonna sound like it's something that we
all should know. Number 1, and you can
do it if you're a W listener for
sure, but, check
the weather.
That's number 1. Check the weather. Let someone
know where you are going,
gather all life saving devices and make sure
they're in good service
condition and are the correct size
for passengers. Keep that in mind, especially if
children are gonna be out on the boat
with you.
Check the fuel and the battery charge and
make sure this is important that your lights
are in good working condition,
on the boat, and if you're trailer
to 1 of the boat ramps, make sure
those lights
brake lights, turn signals,
hazards work on your trailer as well. Make
sure a fire ex is readily accessible and
in good, serviceable
condition
before you leave
for 1 of the area lakes
in your boat.
Here is 1 that oftentimes is forgotten
embarrassing so,
put the plug in. There's nothing work worse
than
put in your boat in in the into
the water,
and not having the plug in because what
happens
immediately then,
the boat starts taking on water
and therefore,
is not float. So put the boat in,
connect safety
chains to to the trailer if you're towing
it and carry a
communication device,
namely,
take that cell phone, take your mobile phone.
Once you get to the water,
know the age to navigation and the boy
system
in your area. Don't operate the boat under
the influence of any alcohol or drugs.
If you're operating a taller
boat, namely a sailboat,
please be aware of any overhead power lines
and wires,
what happens if someone falls
overboard when you're out there on the water
and and this is very important to to
note if, someone falls overboard, throw something that
will float
APA
raft or a cooler to the person, kill
the engine 2 if if need be.
With some of the worst injuries that have
happened,
have been if someone had gone off the
back of the boat and and the operator
of the boat,
tries to stop or reverse
and you have people in the back of
the boat near the rotors,
so always kick that thing into neutral. Don't
try to reverse
the boat.
All the boats when you're on the water,
approaching
from the right, have the right away.
Always anchor from the bow of the boat
and pull the anchor before leaving.
That's 1 that's easily
overlooked.
But you need to pull that anchor up.
If you're just joining us here on the
Carolina outdoors on I'm Bill Bart, kinda going
through some
border safety. You can find these things on
the 2 states c wildlife dot 0RG
head over to boating safety,
and d r dot s c dot gov
voting safety for South Carolina waterways
as well.
If a boat caps sizes
stay with the boat. The reason
is it makes it easier
to get you, especially if you're out, many
people are heading for the coast,
Carolina beaches if you're off the coast stay
with the boat, don't try to get away.
If you are caught in a storm,
head into the wind, put on your P.
What is that? Personal
flotation device?
Back in the olden days, people would call
them life savers. That's not what we call
them now. They are personal flotation devices.
And
keep passengers low in the boat. That is
in case you are caught in a storm.
Cold water voters,
who is at Fishermen for sure,
that this in a big deal here in
the summer, Duck Hunters,
sailors who were out in cold water,
cold water kills.
So, we don't have to worry about that.
But it did make the list. It... When
I bring that up, it makes me think
of 1 of the founders,
thompson, mister Thompson, 1 of the founders, of
the north face was on a boating trip,
canoe trip
in South America,
and he was in a lake, sizable lake
with a group.
But he became caps from his
his boat, and this is a human powered
boat,
and he was...
70 plus years old couldn't quite get back
into it. So he had to stay in
the 40 plus degree
water,
and
hypothermia
set in. He was probably in the water
for 45 minutes
or so.
This is 8 years ago, and
it was fatal. It was a fatal decision
just because of that. We don't have to
worry about that And the Carolina is here
in the summertime, but when it makes the
list,
we call it out.
If you see any,
boating,
fishing or hunting
situations you can contact
the state that you were in. Of course,
this is the Carolina outdoors, covering both Carolina,
north and South Carolina,
we are ema imaging from 1 Julian price
place in studio d of W,
and we are trying to keep everyone safe.
I mentioned this on a previous episode, and
this is
something that I like to do and it
is paddle, believe it or not between the
2 states,
in Lake Wiley. So Lake Wiley is on
the banks of,
York County, South Carolina, but also Me,
and gaston counties,
North Carolina,
so you can be in those 2 states
and 3 counties
at least,
when you're out on Lake Wiley,
1 of the top
and I'm in a kayak, a 12 foot
kayak pad around, of course, I've got my
pot...
Personal flotation device that I am wearing,
but travelers are 1 of the top
grouping of voters to worry about,
And part of it is,
according to statistics there's people in smaller boats,
Canoe, kayak raf,
are more get this. They're more than twice
as likely to drown as individuals operating larger
vessels.
They say,
this higher rate of fatality
is attributed to 2 differing factors.
1 paddle and others and small boats don't
consider themselves boat
and they fail to follow the same practices
as other vessel operators. And secondly,
many who use small boats
don't have
the skills or maybe the knowledge that they
need to operate their a small,
it's sometimes
unstable,
craft
safely.
Now I bring up that un
unstable part because when you're in a 12
foot kayak,
And I try to pick and choose when
I'm out on the lake,
pad, and I tried to pick and choose
where I'm pad to and from,
because if you cross the main channel of
Lake Wiley in a 12 foot Kayak when
all the other boats are out there it
can't quickly become unstable just because of the
waves,
the currents, that come from water skier, jet
skier, but also some of the larger
boats that are out there. That goes the
same. If you're on Mountain Island, it goes
to... For the same. If you're on Lake
Norman, some or
High rock any of those
lakes
in our area,
you can become unstable.
I was entering having a little fun and
a little waves,
also help propel me back to the to
the shore.
So I was utilizing that.
But you also
need to be
aware of hazards that are unique to small
boats like that extra current or extra waves
and, people
follow proper safety procedures when encountering
those challenges. We're just trying to keep our
area lake people safe and sound,
whether you're on a P.
We learn personal water craft, Jet ski, whether
you're out on a bigger boat, larger than
26 feet.
Or shorter like my 12 foot kayak. We're
gonna take a quick break. Come back on
the other side, you're listening to the Carolina
outdoors.