Safety

National 501(c)(3) promoting safe, clean, and responsible recreational boating through free online courses, child life-jacket loaners, clean-water education, and abandoned/derelict vessel (ADV) removal programs.

Boat day: Free courses and kid loaner jackets lower the friction to cast off safely — so more family days feel like why you bought the boat.

Nationwide 501(c)(3) preventing recreational boating accidents and deaths through Life Jacket Loaner stations, the Sober Skipper campaign, flare education, and National Boating Safety Awards.

Boat day: Loaner jackets and a named sober skipper keep the helm clear — the quiet habits that protect worth-it days.

Volunteer nonprofit (founded 1914) making boating better through America's Boating Course, advanced seamanship education, free Vessel Safety Checks, and local squadron community service.

Boat day: Skills and a VSC decal shrink pre-departure doubt — competence that lets you leave the dock sooner.

501(c)(3) support arm funding recreational boating safety education, crew training, and mission support for civilian volunteers of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Boat day: Auxiliary educators and vessel examiners multiply safe habits in your harbor — the community side of Quality Boat Days.

Founded 1958; national catalyst for safe boating culture via Wear It / Safe Boating Campaign, Waves of Hope, Get Connected, training, and industry/community outreach.

Boat day: National campaigns normalize PFDs and sober habits so your crew's 'wear it' culture feels ordinary — not awkward.

Association of state boating law administrators advancing recreational boating safety through education standards, course recognition, policy, and interstate collaboration.

Boat day: State education standards keep the bar clear so you know what 'legal & ready' means before cast-off.

Federal recreational boating safety education, grant administration (Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund), and public guidance on carriage, Navigation Rules themes, and accident prevention.

Boat day: Official carriage and education themes are the floor under every Quality Boat Day — verify, then go.

National governing body / 501(c)(3) advancing sailing education, Reach STEM programs, youth pathways, adaptive sailing resources, race officials, and Olympic development.

Boat day: Certified instruction and youth pathways grow the next crew who know how to sail safely — culture that keeps harbors lively.

501(c)(3) promoting youth sailing education, dinghy-to-big-boat transition, and Safety at Sea seminars for safe blue-water racing and passagemaking.

Boat day: Safety at Sea skills turn ambitious passages into prepared ones — worth-it days offshore, not close calls.

Standards organization for safe recreational boat design, construction, and repair; education and technician programs that raise the safety floor of the fleet.

Boat day: ABYC-informed systems and repairs mean fewer surprise failures mid-season — burden down, days up.

Alliance focused on drowning prevention education, policy, and community programs — life jackets and water competence relevant to boaters and families.

Boat day: Drowning prevention habits — especially for kids — protect the people you bring aboard.

Childhood injury prevention nonprofit including water safety and life-jacket education relevant to family boat days.

Boat day: Family water-safety norms make kid days on the boat calmer — and safer — for everyone aboard.

National paddlesports organization advancing education, stewardship, and access — relevant to tenders, SUPs, and human-powered boat days alongside power/sail fleets.

Boat day: Paddling skills and waterway stewardship expand safe access for the whole family — dinghy to SUP.

Water safety and learn-to-swim programs that complement boating safety — drowning prevention skills for families who boat.

Boat day: Swim skills on the crew list are a quiet multiplier of safe, confident boat days.