OK. I just got my first driftboat this year, and I have to admit that I am a bit spooked reading about all the boats that have sunk / flipped in the past couple of weeks.

I have more time on the water / open ocean, than most people get in a life time, and I also hold a 500 Ton USCG Masters License w/ open ocean endorsment. I worked for Foss on their ocen going tugs for over 8 years in Alaska / Hawaii, and I have lived through 60+ foot seas in the Bearing and Gulf of Alaska, engine room fires 700 miles from the beach, and losing close friends over the side. You name it, I have seen it on the ocean. This all gives me a real healthy respect for the water. Any water.

One of the keys to being safe on the water is to be prepared, and think through what to do in the event of an emergency.

1) What do you do when your DB flips or sinks?
2) How do you recover it?
3) Is there time to get into a life vest?

Please help those of us who are new to drifting the rivers!

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Steel-Addicted