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Boating Health and Safety

Boating Health and Safety
information is provided by

Kathie King, FHYC Fleet Surgeon

Medical Emergency Response Plan (MERP)

First Response for Emergencies

First Aid Drugs and Supplies

Passing Naval Vessels

Keeping our Waterways Safe

Marine Assistance

Basic Boating First Aid presentation

MARINE ASSISTANCE---OPERATIONS

The Marine Assistance Committee members are volunteers who have offered a service to the FHYC membership.  One of the committee members is usually available to offer assistance to a fellow member who is experiencing a mechanical problem or is aground.  It is unreasonable to ask them to travel more than five miles from Fairfield Harbour or to attempt assistance that should be undertaken by a professional towing service. All marine assistance personnel should wear life jackets when involved in a marine assistance mission. 

Procedure to Contact the Marine Assistance Committee

1. It is highly recommended that you carry a cell phone to initiate marine assistance. The telephone number for the Security Gate is  636-5566.

Security will call one of the Marine Assistance Committee members who are also listed under Marine Assistance Committee in this book.

2.  If you fail to raise a response when phoning FHYC or if you do not have a cell phone aboard, you may call Northwest Creek Marina on Channel 16 and ask them to phone one of the Marine Assistance Committee Members. They have a list of the current members.

3.   A Marine Assistance Committee person will call you on their VHF radio as soon as they can get to their boat to discuss your problem and determine an action plan. A copy of this procedure should be kept on your boat.

4.  If you have an injured person aboard or your boat is in danger of sinking, you should call the Coast Guard on your VHF radio or if in local waters, you could ask Security or Northwest Creek Marina to call 911 and they will respond with proper rescue service.

Commercial Towing and Coast Guard

Deaton Yacht Service ( TowBoatUS), in Oriental, covers to Ocracoke, SeaTow is based in Morehead City. There is, at present, no commercial towing service based in the New Bern area. The Coast Guard can help find available towing service companies outside our local area. Our Coast Guard stations are in Hobucken and Fort Macon. SEATOW and TowBoat/US service is available in the New Bern area from Oriental or Morehead City. Call them on Channel 16.