Hints & tips
Hints and Tips
- Run your engine for a few minutes before setting out.
- Check your oil, hydraulic fluid and fuel lines.
- Fill up with plenty of fuel - don't run out.
- Make sure you have enough lifejackets.
- Service your life-raft regularly.
- Check the batteries in your torch
- Stay within your capabilities.
The RNLI offers free sea-checks carried out by volunteers which give you face-to-face safety advice, tailored to your vessel and the type of boating you enjoy.
The Met Office offers weather forecasts to your mobile phone covering coastal, inshore and offshore UK sea areas. Or you can print synoptic charts for the next 36 hours from this site. (link)
Have your Premier Marinas' Free Marine Emergency Support telephone number with you in case your boat breaks down.
Invest in a Nautical Almanac covering current navigational, tidal and astronomical data.
