Spring is upon us, which is the perfect time to prepare your boat for the warm seasons ahead. While de-winterizing your boat may be top of mind, there are some other safety considerations that you should brush up on before docking your vessel. Three avoidable – but often unconsidered – causes of serious injury while boating includes electrocution, carbon monoxide poisoning, and injuries caused by propellors. Let’s review these unsafe boating conditions and how you can properly prepare and equip yourself to deal with them. [Read more…]
Be Mindful of These 3 Unsafe Boating Conditions
What Do You Do If Your Pipes Freeze?
The bitter cold of the winter is here, and just when you think it is starting to warm up again, it goes back to negative degrees. We are all just wishing for a warm 25-degree day, oppose to -3 degrees. This freezing weather not only sparks health issues such as frostbite or having a hard time breathing because of the thin air, but also risks to your home such as frozen pipes. What do you do if your pipes freeze? [Read more…]