Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 12-3 Lake Murray is concerned about your safety. 

The Coast Guard Auxiliary is the uniformed civilian component of the US Coast Guard and supports the Coast Guard in nearly all mission areas.

The National Safe Boating Council recommends boaters:
1.    Follow state and local guidance from public health officials, marine law enforcement agencies, department of natural resources, park services and others. 
2.    Limit the people aboard your boat to people in your immediate household. No guests, no friends, no grandparents that don’t live in your house.
3.    Stay at least 6 feet away from other people who do not live in your house.
4.    Maintain safe distance at the fuel dock or loading up at the marina.
5.    After touching a marina gate, fuel pump or something someone else may have touched, wash your hands or use a hand sanitizer to disinfect them.
6.    Don’t raft up to other boaters or pull up onto a beach next to someone else as it could put you in close proximity to others.
7.    Go right from your house to the boat and back so that you don’t have unnecessary contact with anyone.
8.    Wear a life jacket when you’re on the water.
9.    Carry all required boating safety equipment such as flares, navigation light, a horn or whistle, a first aid kit. 
10.    File a float plan. Make sure a friend or loved one knows the details of your trip in the event of an emergency.
11.    Pack food, water, and other things you may need as restaurants and marina stores may not be open.
12.    Maintain proper handwashing.
13.    Be sure to have at least 2 communication devices that work when wet, such as satellite phones, emergency position indicating radio beacons (EPIRB), VHF radios and personal locator beacons (PLB). Cell phones are not reliable in an emergency situation.
14.    Don’t go boating if someone in your household is sick.
15.    Don’t drink and boat.