John its funny that you mention that people rarely show you were the emergecy stuff is. If I take someone on the boat that has never been on it before the first thing I mention leaving the dock is were the PFD's, flares,fire extinguishers are and the bilge pump switches are, some people look at you funny like they don't need to know that info
, but what happens If something happens to me? Planning and having the proper equiptment can turn an emergency in to a mere inconvienence. I leave the dock planning for the worst case scenario and doing everything I can to make sure it will never happen. I also put alot of stock in to making sure kids know at least some basics of boat handling. I have a 10 year old who is capable of stopping the boat and getting it turned around if I should fall out, the same kid can't decied what to have for dinner
but its funny how confident a kid can be when given a task like that. If I go fishing with a kid I would like to know if something happend to me they would know which channel to call for help on how the read the GPS position and how to stop the boat, these are things I would be glad I taught her if I ever fell over. Let it never be said that it always happens to the other guy. BE SAFE