Water Safety SKILLS

Increase your survival time by 40% by adopting the H.E.L.P. position:

• Turn your back to the wind

• Clasp hands close to sides to reduce water flow around chest and upper body

• Hunch to keep your neck warm

• PFD for floatation, warmth and to be seen

• Keep movement to a minimum

• Cross legs to stay still and warm

• Draw knees up to reduce water flow around groin

• Split knees to prevent rotation

The huddle position will keep a group warm and be more easier to be seen from the air or by another boat.

• Clasp arms around each others shoulders

• Hunch shoulders and neck to keep warm

• Draw knees up or intertwine legs to reduce water flow around groin

• Keep everyone close together with no open water in the middle

• The smallest or coldest person should be placed in the middle