New Forum for Safety

[Fish On]

As I sit here at 3 AM dealing with the insomnia of adjusting to coming home from China Sunday and thinking about getting out of there 24 hours before the quake hit and just being "lucky" unlike the thousands of people who are living with or died as a result of such a massive disaster I find myself thinking about safety in everything I do especially fishing and boating. I've decided that if I run the boat this year (which I probably will in spite of the gas) that I will increase my foucus on boating safety. I always considered myself a safe boater for everyone on board, (always wore a PFD when alone, personally walked newcomers through all safety equipment prior to departure, etc) but I could be safer. For instance, I will buy an ePerb this year regardless of the cost.

There have been so many informative posts on safety on this site. (Unfortunately so many of them following an accident such as the lobsterman lost of the Isles of Shoals this weekend.) I wonder if it might be an idea to have a forum dedicated to safety so that boaters and surf casters alike can go to a single forum for all that great info.

Just the thoughts of one fisherman in the wee hours.

Tight AND SAFE lines to all!