08-18-2003, 01:32 PM
First thing - see if you can get anyone on a radio (if the boat has one) or a cell phone.
2. Depending on how populated the area is, wait for someone to come by.
3. If no one is near for an hour or so, and the boat is smaller, I'd try and find something to use an oar and paddle the boat to shore.
4. if that's not an option, and no life raft is available, I'd put on a life jacket and swim to shore and walk back to the docks and get help.
or the alternate is to sit there, drink beer and pray that someone notices you missing and send out a search party.
2. Depending on how populated the area is, wait for someone to come by.
3. If no one is near for an hour or so, and the boat is smaller, I'd try and find something to use an oar and paddle the boat to shore.
4. if that's not an option, and no life raft is available, I'd put on a life jacket and swim to shore and walk back to the docks and get help.
or the alternate is to sit there, drink beer and pray that someone notices you missing and send out a search party.