E nroll in a boater education course. Learn operation, survival techniques, legal requirements, and more. Texas law defines intoxication as having an alcohol concentration of 0.10 or more. 1,000 people die each year in boating accidents. As many as half of these deaths are alcohol-related, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.
Alcohol impairs a person's balance, vision and judgment.
The impairment of these functions is doubly compounded when the stress of noise, vibration, sun, wind and glare are combined with alcohol consumption. Operating a boat while intoxicated is every bit as dangerous as drinking and driving. YOUR BOAT Be sure you know your boat's capacity. Look at the Capacity Plate. Don't overload it or put an oversize motor on it.