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Checklist: Your responsibilities

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Think:

  • Do I need to be here?
  • Can I safely maneuver around current traffic and traffic I do not yet see?
  • Do I have adequate visibility for the conditions?
  • Can I be seen from upriver and downriver?
  • How long will I have if something comes around the next bend?
  • Am I in the channel, on the “edge” of the channel? (Charts, ranges, GPS)
  • What are my options if I need to maneuver? Where do I go?
    How do I get there? Can quickly pull my anchor if anchored?
    Can I cut loose if I have a problem with my anchor line?
  • Am I prepared by having emergency communications, signaling equipment,
    and a fully operable vessel?
  • Am I wearing my Life Jacket? Are my passengers?

Look:

  • Maintain a continuous, alert lookout upriver and downriver when in the
    channel underway, adrift or at anchor.
  • Check sightlines. In some areas of the river sightlines are very short.

Listen:

  • Be alert for the danger signal and other signals

Move:

  • When in doubt, move.
  • When signaled, move.
  • ...and take tour anchoring equipment with you.
     

 

 

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