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Welcome to the BLA Info Centre

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Welcome to the BLA Info Centre

If you’re looking for information and videos on our extensive Boating, Lifestyle and Adventure range then you’ve found the right place.

BLA Info Centre draws on our company’s vast experience in the industry and delivers both the basic and technical information to help you decide on the products that are right for you.

Our staff — with over 32 years of experience — have competed in Sydney to Hobart races, won national fishing competitions, built boats and tested the products over thousands of miles. Their knowledge is here to be shared, whether it’s how to choose the right anchor or understanding how to read Humminbird Side Imaging®, the Info Centre is the place for you.

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Practicing safety on the water

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Practicing safety on the water
When boating all precautions should be taken and a parent's job is never over, and that's especially true while boating.

Do you let your small child go for a car ride without being put into a car seat? Probably not and besides that it would be against the law... The same consistency will help you get your child to always wear a life jacket on the water. When purchasing a child's life jacket, look for the following specifics:

•You need a PFD Type 1 (Personal Flotation Device) of the appropriate size as this has sufficient floatation to support the body and head. The floatation collar keeps your child's head above water.
•A strap between the legs is necessary to keep the jacket from slipping off.

The PFD should not be so bulky that the child can't put both hands together in front (or else he won't be able to hold on properly)... and if you're still nervous about your child being near the water even in a life jacket... test it, and your child in a swimming pool first.

Here are some safety rules and guidelines to get you started when boating with kids:

•Children can only be on deck with an adult, and children have to tell the adult when they want to go back down below.
•While sailing, children can't go on deck without an adult's permission nor without their safety harness and/or life jacket.
•Know all the ways that children can get on deck - they may surprise you by opening and climbing through the front hatch by themselves.
•Know when you are "on watch." Always hand off the caretaker's responsibility verbally.
•Be just as careful when you're at a marina.

PFD available in all sizesLet children help
Even if your children have never had a sailing lesson, they can learn a great deal on sailing holidays, especially if you let them help with certain jobs.

Children can do almost anything on a bareboat with adult supervision, but certain jobs, including the following, can always be in the kids' domain:

•Making all the lines shipshape. Keeping all the ropes coiled.
•Relaying commands when anchoring or mooring.
•Scrubbing the decks...Or else they can walk the plank.
•Stowing fenders and dock lines. - Tying knots.

AFLOAT Publications Pty. Ltd.

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -1000

AFLOAT was first published in November 1989 as Sydney AFLOAT. The inaugural issue contained 32 pages and had articles by Ian Kiernan (founder of Clean Up Australia and 1994 Australian of the Year), Captain Chaos (who still writes the Galley Gourmet column) and Tony Cable (the self-proclaimed world’s best port-runner winch-hand). Robin Copeland has been Editor since the first issue. The Publishers are a husband and wife team – Suzy Bekkedahl (originally from California) and Peter Webb (born and bred in Sydney).

Sydney Boating Marine Directory

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -1000

Sydney Boating Marine Directory is the comprehensive online marine directory for Sydney and its surrounding areas with a searchable marine directory of all marine businesses, boating products and services.

Browse our new & used Sydney boats for sale classifieds. Sydney Boating connects you with professional Sydney boat sales dealers and private Sydney boat sellers so you can find your new or used boats for sale at the right price.

Sydney Boating also keeps you up-to-date with the latest boating news, boating equipment classifieds and boat safety information.

How to Where to?

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