Last Week on Thursday the 17th of October we had a dry land swim safe lesson from Tracy. Tracy came in and taught us the importance of being on a boat and the importance of swimming in the ocean. There are 5 steps to be staying safe on a boat and in the ocean. Tracy bought 5 different kinds of flares. Some of Te Ngahere learnt the different kinds of flares. Tracy taught Te Ngahere that after a while flares can get really hot. Another thing that Tracy taught us was EPIRBS. EPIRB stands for Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon. Epirbs can locate your destination in a emergency situation and someone will come and help you. If you want to know the 5 ways you can stay safe on a boat keep reading.
The first step is the most important step and is to put your safety first.
The second step to staying safe on a boat is to check the weather.
The third step is to tell someone where you are going and what time you will be back. You should tell the cost guards, their channel is on channel 16 and in russell it is on channel 14.
The fourth step is to wear a life jacket at all possible times because if you are not wearing a life jacket you will have to decide which life jacket fits you and where you put them.
The fifth and final step is to take a waterproof phone so you can get hold of someone if something bad happens.
We also learnt that if you are not confident to go swimming don’t swim. Another thing we learnt was if you think there is a rip in the water throw a stick in and if it comes back to you there isn’t a rip but if it doesn't there is a rip. Hope you learnt something.Bye.
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