Boating Safety/Emergency Procedures
Hold your oar handles together and you will find it very difficult to flip the boat. Separate your oars and raise one or the other and the boat suddenly becomes very unstable. The key is, if you find you are going to hit something or a huge boat wake is about to reach your boat, hold your oars together and it will keep you from tipping.
Row with a Buddy
Wear your PFD and know how to inflate it
Watch the weather. The wind can come up quickly in the late morning.
Falling out and getting back in
If you feel like you are going to tip, don't fight it. To get back in
a. Right your shell. You might need to reach over the hull and pull on the rigger.
b. Grip both handles of the oars with one hand.
c. Place your other hand between the tracks on the slide.
d. Push yourself up. You might need to kick your legs. Swing your seat onto the shell.
e. Lift your legs in.
f. Another method is to pull your torso onto the shell far enough so you can swing your legs over to straddle the boat.