The document provides safety tips for going through a lock, including wearing a personal flotation device, maintaining three points of contact, and not using hands or feet to fend off objects. It advises tidying extra lines and listening to the skipper's instructions. When entering a lock, boats should attach fenders and steer gradually towards the selected wall. Crews should walk ropes towards the stern to slow the boat and hold it with lock ropes at the stern and bow. When leaving, crews ease out ropes and let go just before the next boat pulls to avoid being jerked.

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2. Martin KesslerHTC – Community Boating Inc. (CBI)Going Through a LockSafety TipsWear a PFD (Personal Flotation Device)

3. Especially important when going through a lock

4. “One hand for the ship – one hand for yourself”

5. When you stand or move around on the boat grab hold of something and don’t let go unless you have grabbed something else on the boat Maintain three points of contact at all times

6. Either two feet and one hand – or two hands and one foot

7. Do not hold on to the locks’ wooden floatation with bare hands

8. danger for splinters

9. Do not use your hands or feet to fend off other boats or objects

10. Use seat cushions and fenders instead

11. Always have a seat cushion or fender in easy reach for these situations

12. Avoid getting entangled in lines or ropes

13. Never stand on lines or ropes

14. Don’t wrap lines or ropes around your hand or wrist

15. Tidy up extra linesClick2

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