{"id":5,"date":"2007-08-24T11:35:48","date_gmt":"2007-08-24T15:35:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/?p=5"},"modified":"2007-08-24T11:39:55","modified_gmt":"2007-08-24T15:39:55","slug":"safety-committee-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/?p=5","title":{"rendered":"Safety Committee Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

by Safety Committee<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

A few friendly reminders from your Safety Committee…<\/font><\/span>The Safety Committee shall serve to educate and promote all safety issues that pertain to G<\/font><\/span>eorgetown <\/font><\/span>Shores.\u00a0 We would also like to identify a few items that have already been brought to our attention in regard to Safe Boating Concerns.<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span>1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>State law specifies that when boating you should generally follow a counter-clockwise direction.\u00a0 <\/span>Adherence to this rule is especially important when other boats are present.<\/font><\/span> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/span>2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Following directly in the path of a boat that is towing someone is dangerous.\u00a0 <\/span>Keep a safe distance and try not to follow directly behind; stay off to one side or the other of the boat ahead.<\/font><\/span><\/font><\/span> <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>State law requires keeping a distance of at least 100\u2019 from other boats or docks when cruising.\u00a0 <\/span>Driving too close to docks and other objects is a very dangerous practice.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>4.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Sitting on the top of the seat or the side of the boat while driving is dangerous.\u00a0 <\/span>You could fall out and be struck by another boat or your own boat.\u00a0 <\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span><\/font><\/span>5.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>When towing someone who falls, use the shortest path possible to retrieve them (avoid wide, sweeping turns).\u00a0 <\/span>Please keep your boat near the person who is in the water.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>6.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>State law specifies that when towing someone behind your boat you need to have an observer in the boat to watch the individual being towed.\u00a0 <\/span>Please keep your attention in the direction of travel.\u00a0 <\/span>Knowing where others are on the lake is important.\u00a0 <\/span>The driver\u2019s first priority is to pay attention to what\u2019s going on ahead of the boat.\u00a0 <\/span>Adherence to this rule is especially important when other boats are present.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>7.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Please do not swim across the lake without a floating marker.\u00a0 <\/span>This could be a tube of some sort or a boat.\u00a0 <\/span>Adherence to this rule is especially important when other boats are present.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>8.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>If you see something floating in the water, (sticks, chunks of wood, bottles, cans) please pick them up and remove them from the water.\u00a0 <\/span>Use care when boating for the first time in the spring.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>9.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span>Please use common sense.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>We have placed a link to the Handbook Of Michigan Boating Laws And Responsibilities and the DNR Safe Boating in Michigan Site on the new Georgetown Shores web site at <\/font>http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org<\/font><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>If you need a copy of the Michigan Boating Guide (Complements of Action Water Sports), just let us know and we will see that you get a copy.<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>For more information about <\/state>\n<\/place>Michigan boating\/safety, check out <\/font>http:\/\/boat-ed.com\/mi\/handbook\/<\/font><\/a> or check out our website for information also at <\/font>http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org<\/font><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

One final reminder, <\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

Please do your part to keep our community fun and safe!\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

<\/span>Thank you!<\/span> <\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Safety Committee A few friendly reminders from your Safety Committee…The Safety Committee shall serve to educate and promote all safety issues that pertain to Georgetown Shores.\u00a0 We would also like to identify a few items that have already been brought to our attention in regard to Safe Boating Concerns. 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State law specifies that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-main-site"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.georgetownshores.org\/private\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}