Uploaded October 2016 | Updated September 2026, 6 days ago
The new “Planning Ahead” video shows how to plan ahead by obtaining and being able to share weather conditions and forecasts, creating a basic navigation plan, evaluating hazards and other environmental factors, and assessing conditions – including wind, tide, and current – as to their favorableness for a voyage.
Viewers will also learn to advise passengers and crew of what clothes, equipment, food, and beverages to bring; to have the proper amount of fuel; and to alert a key contact person of the boat’s expected return time.
Learn More at bit.ly/BoatingEd. Join USPS at bit.ly/JoinUSPS.
Reference in this video to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. Coast Guard.
The new “Planning Ahead” video shows how to plan ahead by obtaining and being able to share weather conditions and forecasts, creating a basic navigation plan, evaluating hazards and other environmental factors, and assessing conditions – including wind, tide, and current – as to their favorableness for a voyage.
Viewers will also learn to advise passengers and crew of what clothes, equipment, food, and beverages to bring; to have the proper amount of fuel; and to alert a key contact person of the boat’s expected return time.
Learn More at bit.ly/BoatingEd. Join USPS at bit.ly/JoinUSPS.
Reference in this video to any specific commercial products, processes, or services, or the use of any trade, firm, or corporation name is for the information and convenience of the public, and does not constitute endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the U.S. Coast Guard.
