{"id":288,"date":"2015-02-03T07:10:57","date_gmt":"2015-02-03T07:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/?p=288"},"modified":"2014-12-28T07:12:30","modified_gmt":"2014-12-28T07:12:30","slug":"trip-water-educate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/trip-water-educate\/","title":{"rendered":"Before A Trip On The Water \u2026 Educate Yourself"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/trip-water-educate\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>Educate yourself prior to a trip by learning rules and regulations, planning for your trip, taking recreation skills classes and knowing how to operate your equipment safely.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Obtain charts of your destination and determine which areas are open to your type of boat.<\/li>\n<li>Make a realistic plan and stick to it.<\/li>\n<li>Always tell someone of your travel plans and file a float plan.<\/li>\n<li>Contact the land manager for area restrictions, closures and permit requirements.<\/li>\n<li>Check the weather forecast for your destination. Plan clothing, equipment and supplies accordingly.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure you have enough fuel and oil for the entire trip.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure your owner\u2019s manual and registration are on board in waterproof containers.<\/li>\n<li>Always carry a Coast Guard approved working fire extinguisher and warning flares.<\/li>\n<li>Prepare for the unexpected by packing necessary emergency items.<\/li>\n<li>Carry a Global Positioning System (GPS) and know how to use it.<\/li>\n<li>Know distress signals and warning symbols. Know your limitations. Apply sunscreen, drink lots of water and watch your energy level.<\/li>\n<li>Take a boater education course to learn more about navigating waterways and safe and enjoyable boating.<\/li>\n<li>Make sure your boat is mechanically up to the task. Be prepared with tools, supplies and a spill kit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><em>Hints Source: Treat-Lightly.org.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>~ Forespar Point of View Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tweet Educate yourself prior to a trip by learning rules and regulations, planning for your trip, taking recreation skills classes and knowing how to operate your equipment safely. Obtain charts of your destination and determine which areas are open to your type of boat. Make a realistic plan and stick to it. Always tell someone&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/2015\/02\/trip-water-educate\/\">Read more: Before A Trip On The Water \u2026 Educate Yourself<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001004,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":289,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288\/revisions\/289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.forespar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}