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Captain’s Log
By Capt. Carl Kelly Nautical language developed over a long period of time, mostly before the time of power vessels. Although some of the words seem strange to the modern ear we continue to use the...
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Captain’s Log
By Capt. Carl Kelly A boat is not a car, and a boat doesn’t handle like a car. Boats slide over the water. They do not have the positive grip on the road that a car has. While a boat turns one way it...
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Captain’s Log
By Capt. Carl Kelly Personal Flotation Devices (PFD), life jackets, have saved the lives of boaters who capsized in rough water, were sinking in unexpected heavy seas, were thrown from their boat as a...
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Captain’s Log
By Capt. Carl Kelly A Personal Flotation Device (PFD), also known as life preserver or life jacket, is required for every person aboard a recreational boat of any type, including canoes, kayaks, and...
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Keeping proper watch avoids accidents
By Capt. Carl Kelly US Coast Guard Rule Number 5 requires that “every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper lookout by sight and hearing as well as by all available means appropriate in the...
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Who must “give way?”
By Capt. Carl Kelly There are rules governing which boat must “give way” when boats approach one another. The list below ranks boats from “most privileged” to “least privileged.” Number 1 is the most...
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Safety check your boat
By Capt. Carl Kelly It is important for boaters to have their boat safety checked regularly. Equipment corrodes and otherwise deteriorates rapidly around salt water and then fails to function properly....
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Boating booklet for visitors
By Capt. Carl Kelly Many of our visitors, families and friends, who stay a short time would nevertheless like to get oriented to boating on local waters. For those people, the Florida Fish and Wildlife...
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