Boating Safety And Accident News

National Safe Boating Week May 18-24 And Memorial Day Weekend

Coast Guard urges boater safety during Memorial Day weekend
Tahoe Daily Tribune
“Boater education is always good,” said Executive Petty Officer Travis Fraser, spokesman for the U.S. Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe. “Take the time to look at your boat, go over it and look at the engine, especially if you haven't used it in a while  

 Waterway Officials Promote Boater Safety, Offer Free Classes
Patch.com
This week marks National Safe Boating Week, which seeks to promote a safe and enjoyable summer on the city's waterways. A total of 651 boaters died on U.S. waterways in 2012, according to Coast Guard statistics. Among those, the 379 of the 459 people .

Boating Safety: Life Jackets
HydroInsider.com
This week is National Safe Boating week and Governor Jay Inslee has launched the "Wear It Washington" campaign encouraging all boaters to wear a life jacket. According to Don Kidder of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 85, wearing a life jacket ...

 May 18-24 is Safe Boating Awareness Week
CTV News
Boating while impaired is an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada and a boat is a vehicle in the same way a car is under the Highway Traffic Act in all provinces and territories. If you are convicted of driving any motorized vehicle under the ...

 Drunk boating law changes in effect for holiday weekend
Rockdale News
The Georgia Department of Natural Resources and TEAM Georgia, a safe and sober driving and boating coalition, are reminding people to refrain from or limit drinking alcohol while operating boats. "Alcohol, mixed with boating activities, can create ..

 From the Boathouse: As boating season starts, is safety first?
Daily Pilot
Memorial Day weekend signals the official start of the boating season across the nation, and literally millions of people will be on the water enjoying boating-related activities. Thousands of boaters will be cruising the harbors in Southern California

 National Safe Boating Week in Full Force
WROC-TV
This summer, more than 80 million Americans will enjoy boating with friends and family. People will be visiting lakes, bays and rivers for the first time in months. It's National Safe Boating Week; the unofficial start of the recreation boating season

Memorial Day weekend kicks off boating
Messenger Index
Gem County Sheriff's Department took possession of a new Custom Weld, 20-foot boat and trailer last fall thanks to an Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation Waterways Improvement Fund grant. From the left are Gem County Sheriff Chuck Rolland, Gem  

 Reporters Get Unique Ride for National Safe Boating Week
WTRF
This week is National Safe Boating Week, when Americans are reminded to put safety first when they hit the lakes and rivers in their pleasure boats this summer. Officials Wednesday gave reporters and photographers a first hand look at what it's like to 

 Minn. DNR plans stepped up watercraft inspections
Seattle Post Intelligencer
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the boating season for many Minnesotans. So the Department of Natural Resources is reminding boaters and anglers to be extra vigilant to help stop the spread of aquatic invasive .

 Four New Watercraft Inspection, Decontamination Stations to Open
KTVN
With warmer weather and boaters ready to get on the water, the Nevada Division of State Parks, the Bureau of Reclamation and the Nevada Department of Wildlife are announcing the opening of four watercraft inspection and decontamination stations on ...

 Boating season kicks off this weekend; how to be safe on the water
AZFamily
PHOENIX -- It's National Safe Boating Week and while things have just started warming up weather-wise, there have already been four fatal accidents this year. With Memorial Day, the unofficial kickoff to summer and the start of the boating season .

'Wear It' for safe boating
Thegardenisland.com
Dennis Fujimoto/The Garden Island Sea Scout Rilee Neuman, who graduated from Kapaa High School Friday night, talks about navigating the Sea Scout ship Decisive from the bridge, Saturday during tours of the ship during National Boating Day at the ...

 Jay Lloyd's Getaway: Boating Safety Voices of Experience
CBS Local
CAPE MAY, N.J. (CBS) — As boaters and guests start a new season on the water, I recently launched a safe boating week with some fellow US Coast Guard veterans. We were at the USCG Training Center in Cape May. And these vets have seen it all ...

Boat Talk returns: You booze, you lose, and other tips for a safe Memorial Day ...
The Grand Rapids Press - MLive.com
2012 Boating Season begins.JPG Boat Talk returns for a second year of tips, tricks and factoids about setting sail on Michigan waters. Pictured, a woman polishes her boat in Grand Haven during the start of the 2012 boating season.MLive.com File Photo ... 

Boating Safety Education:

Water safety
Big Bear Grizzly
Boating safety courses are offered twice this summer season in Big Bear Lake. The first session is June 1. About Boating Safety is offered through the Coast Guard Auxiliary. The second session is Aug. 17. Topics such as boat handling, legal .. 

US Coast Guard Auxiliary Teaches Marion County Students About Boat Safety
WBOY-TV
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is teaching Marion County students, including Pleasant Valley Elementary students, about boat safety. It's using a robot name Coastie to teach them about the importance of life jackets, and to answer any questions. "He .. 

Boating safety course in Arlington Heights
Chicago Daily Herald
To ensure boaters have a safe and fun time on the water and meet state requirements, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering an 8-hour course on boating safety next month in Arlington Heights. Class sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on ... 

West Islip Library To Offer Boating Safety Course
Patch.com
U.S. Coast Guard Captain Richard Cloonan will teach both sessions and participants will receive the New York State Boating Certificate, which will be required for all boating and jet ski operators by the start of the 2014 season. The fee is $30 for ... 

 North Lake Tahoe Coast Guard Auxiliary to offer free boat inspections
KRNV My News 4
Before you get out on the water for Memorial Day weekend, you might want to check this out: the North Lake Tahoe Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer free vessel safety inspections and information about safe boating at the West Marine on Mill Street ..

Boating Safety News:

Yacht Fires Pose Challenge to Firefighters and Insurers
ClaimsJournal.com
The training was held because yacht fires at marinas and boatyards are typically fought by firefighters using land-based techniques, trained only to fight building fires. In fact, a large yacht fire precipitated the training, said Ron Lauth, battalion 

Ore. holiday boaters urged to play it safe on water
KTVZ
The forecast for this Memorial Day weekend may not be warm and blue-sky, but it's still the official kickoff of the boating season in Oregon. The Oregon State Marine Board wants to remind boaters headed to the water for fun to stay sober, wear a life  

 Some want tougher rules for boats on the waterways
WEAR
"The area that they were in is not a No Wake Zone, and having been on the beach with my dogs and as well as being a boater, it's a concern." Wake zones are regulated by the state. The Fish and Wildlife Commission and the Coast Guard are the agencies ...

 National Fishing and Boating Week 2013 Kicks Off June 1
Sacramento Bee
ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 22, 2013 -- /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation's (RBFF) Take Me Fishing™ campaign encourages families, kids and outdoor adventurers to experience the joys of boating and fishing, ...

 Minn. boaters and anglers responsible for knowing invasive species laws before ...
The Republic
ST. PAUL, Minnesota — The Memorial Day weekend marks the start of the boating season for many Minnesotans. So the Department of Natural Resources is reminding boaters and anglers to be extra vigilant to help stop the spread of aquatic invasive 

 DNR Courtesy Boating Inspections Set for Memorial Day Weekend
Edgefieldadvertiser
inspect2 In an effort to keep state waterways safe during the upcoming Memorial Day holiday weekend, the S.C. Department of Natural Resources Law Enforcement Division will again be conducting courtesy safety inspections at some public boat landings.

 Sea Tow Foundation Life Jacket Loaner Station Program teceives $20000 ...
Boating Industry
The Sea Tow Foundation's national Life Jacket Loaner Station program allows boaters to borrow life jackets to replace missing, damaged or ill-fitting personal flotation devices (PFDs), or to use for extra guests on board their boats. For more ..

Boating Safety
WLOS
He showed News 13's Victoria Dunkle the floatation devices, markings and other safety requirements for boating in North Carolina. North Carolina ranks 7th in boating-related deaths in this country, and one out of every four of those deaths is tied to  

EDITORIALS: Start of boating season a great time to review accident-prevention ...
Southgate News Herald
The Michigan State Police recently announced that six divers graduated from a training program this month and will begin working just as the annual boating season gets under way. It's the first training class since 2005 and one of the divers has been  

Dwyer should be held to a higher standard
Baltimore Sun
Don Dwyer's boating-while-intoxicated sentence was interesting ("Dwyer sentenced to 30 days in jail in drunken boating incident," May 14). Drinking and boating is playing Russian roulette. If you are in an accident you may survive but you may destroy ...

  Ossining Drowning Inspires New Bill From Galef, Carlucci
The Daily Voice
Galef and Carlucci announced this week that they are pushing a new bill (A.3471/S.1639) that requires all mechanically propelled vessel operators to obtain a boating safety certificate through an eight-hour safe boating course, according to a press ..

 Personal watercraft industry stresses safety & fun as 1 million PWC take to ...
Boating Industry
Yesterday at Port Royale Marina on Lake Lanier in Georgia, The Personal Watercraft Industry Association (PWIA) kicked off its “Summer Safe Rider” Campaign with safety demonstration events as well as a social media awareness campaign focused on safety ...


 USACE Galveston District stresses water safety awareness in anticipation of ...
DVIDS
Additionally, to accommodate the increased recreational boating traffic during the holiday weekend, the district will open the Colorado River Locks and Brazos River Floodgates for a 24-hour period, returning back to normal operations May 28 (which ...

 A reminder to Long Islanders to be safe on the water
NorthShoreOfLongIsland.com
In his 13 years with the Suffolk County Police Department's Marine Bureau, Sgt. Chris Tamis said there have been numerous boating fatalities of people who were not wearing life jackets, a measure which might have saved their lives. When his department .

 Jet ski safety campaign targets students
gulfnews.com
“The new awareness initiative is crucial as it targets young students from schools, universities and colleges who represent the largest segment of jet ski users, especially during summer when this water sport sees maximum popularity across Dubai's ... 

DNREC stressing boating safety as summer season approaches
WDDE 91.1 FM | Delaware's NPR News station
DNREC's boating education coordinator Sergeant Gregory Rhodes notes that jet skis also have basic requirements for operation. “Not only do you have to take a safe boating class to operate a jet ski, but you have to be at least 16 years old to operate .. 

 Officials urging boater safety for holiday weekend
Daily Mountain Eagle
The summer boating season officially begins this weekend, and local officials are hoping boaters will pay more attention to the "rules of the road” so everyone will have a safe boating season. The Alabama Marine Police on Smith Lake will also be 

 Coast Guard Flotilla 3-10 makes house calls for boater safety
Westmoreland News
The group used part of a BoatUS grant to put up billboards around the Northern Neck urging boaters to wear life jackets and the theme for National Safe Boating Week is ”Wear It.” Joe has recommendations regarding what kinds to get, while Virginia law ..

 Letter: Be responsible and follow boating rules
Rockford Register Star
I would like to thank the people boating this weekend who respected the sheriff and river property owners by boating with "No Wake." As of May 19, the sheriff labeled the river north of Auburn Street as a "No Wake" zone. To the boaters that did not .

 Tips for staying safe while boating
EMC West Carleton
EMC lifestyle -As many as nine million Canadians participate in recreational boating each year. About 200 of these people will die in accidents on the water. Another 6,000 suffer non-fatal injuries according to Canadian government statistics. "During ...

 GBRA urges safe boating
Herald Zeitung
SEGUIN — The Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority (GBRA) officials are urging all recreationalists using the Guadalupe, Blanco, Comal or San Marcos rivers, Canyon Reservoir, Coleto Creek Reservoir (Victoria County), Lake Dunlap (Comal and Guadalupe ...

 'A fun-filled day can turn tragic from drinking while boating'
KATU
"A fun-filled day can turn tragic from drinking while boating," said Ashley Massey with the Oregon State Marine Board. "It impairs your judgment and you take risks you normally wouldn't. We see a lot of reckless operation and behavior, not to mention ...

 Cabinets provide life jackets at county parks
HeraldNet
The cabinets are available at Martha Lake, Twin Lakes, Kayak Point, Wenberg County Park, Silver Lake, Wyatt Park, Flowing Lake and Lake Goodwin. At least three people have drowned so far this year in the county. In 2012, a 14-year-old boy drowned in ...

 Life jackets key for keeping safe on the water
First Coast News
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Ryan Christensen said the most important thing people can do is make sure all adults and children are wearing life jackets that say they are Coast Guard approved. You need to also make sure they fit properly so they will ..

Boating Fatalities And Missing:


Carbon monoxide killed mother and daughter on Lake Windermere boat
The Guardian
"The boat's carbon monoxide sensor system did not alarm because it was not connected to a power supply," said an interim report by the Marine Accident Investigation Branch (MAIB). The MAIB's report said: "A bank holiday weekend on board an 11-year-old ...

Boater Missing on Cayuga Lake
Rochester YNN
The search will resume Thursday morning for a boater who went missing on Cayuga Lake. Christopher Dennis, 22, of Ithaca took a canoe out onto the lake from a campsite in Covert around 5 a.m. Wednesday. When he failed to return, friends began a search ...

 Sheriff: 1 dead after E. Wash. boating accident
The Seattle Times
Sheriff: 1 dead after E. Wash. boating accident. The Lincoln County sheriff says a man is dead and a woman has been taken to a hospital after a boating accident on Sprague Lake about 35 miles west of Spokane. The Associated Press ...

Conyers man dead after boating accident on Jackson Lake
Rockdale Citizen
JACKSON -- A Conyers man has died after a boating accident on Jackson Lake Tuesday evening. Georgia Department of Natural Resources Capt. Bob Lynn identified the victim as 58-year-old Joseph L. Baker. Lynn said Baker was a passenger on a boat ...

 Students learn boating safety first
The News-Press
Sanzera said the motivation for the program is because there are so many boating families on Marco. He said most sensible boaters are ultra careful, but that some are less so. This, he said, could potentially jeopardize children's safety, hence the .

 Ethiopia - Boating Accident Kills Five On Lake Tana
AllAfrica.com
Ethiopia - Boating Accident Kills Five On Lake Tana. 21 May 2013. Addis Ababa — At least five people died when a boat carrying 110 passengers overturned on Lake Tana in Ethiopia's north western region of Amhara on Monday, police told Sudan Tribune.

Seneca deputies search for missing Ithaca man who was canoeing on Cayuga ...
Syracuse.com
When Dennis didn't return later in the day, his friends began looking for him and found an overturned canoe in the middle of the lake around 12:30 p.m., the sheriff's office said. The friends called 911. The Seneca County Sheriff's Navigation Patrol  

Four drown in Mufulira boat accident
Times of Zambia
FOUR people, among them a two-year-old baby, drowned when the canoe they were paddling capsized on Valley Dam in Mufulira. The quartet was coming from their field across the dam when they met their fate. Among the dead, three are members of one

Family hasn't given up hope of finding missing kayaker Joe Kane
Pensacola News Journal
Joseph Kane set out on the afternoon of May 13 in a yellow 6-foot kayak from Sherman Cove at Pensacola Naval Air Station, taking his family's springer spaniel, Frannie, along with him. After failing to call and check in at 5 p.m. as agreed, Kane's ...  

 Driver In Fatal Boat Crash Consumed Beer, Tequila, Drugs, Report States
5newsonline.com
The University of Arkansas student who drove the boat in a fatal crash that killed two of his classmates May 14 admitted he had been drinking and taking drugs prior to the crash, according to a marine investigation report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

 GRDA report: Boat driver drank alcohol, took pills before fatal Grand Lake crash
Tulsa World
LANGLEY - A preliminary investigative report released Wednesday states that the driver of a boat that crashed into a docked houseboat on Grand Lake, killing two people, had consumed 10 beers and a shot of tequila and had taken an antidepressant not .

 Boater sentenced for fatal accident
FOX19
CINCINNATI, OH (FOX19)- A boater who caused a fatal crash on the Ohio River was sentenced on Thursday. Glenn Riegelsberger will spend the next four years behind bars for the death of Jeffery Foster. Riegelsberger was sentenced on charges of ...

Organization surveying Delaware boaters
The News Journal
More than 5,000 recreational boaters in Delaware, picked at random from government databases, have been asked to join the 2013 Mid-Atlantic Boater Survey. The maritime assessment to gather information for maps and other uses is being organized by the ..

 Coast Guard urging safe boating in Virginia as summer season starts
Washington Post
The Coast Guard says the number of deaths from boating accidents in Virginia fell to 15 last year from 21 in 2011, while the number of accidents decreased to 89 from 121 the year before. Nationwide, the Coast Guard says fatal boating deaths fell 14

Police: Man, 52, apparently drowns while boating
HollandSentinel.com
State police say a 52-year-old man has apparently drowned in a boating accident on Muskellunge Lake in Montcalm County. The body of Michael White of Pierson was found in the lake in Maple Valley Township, about 30 miles northeast of Grand Rapids. 


Boating Accidents And Rescues:

Man injured when whale, boat collide
Canada.com
A Campbell River boater has a whale of a tale to tell after a terrifying encounter with a humpback whale near Kelsey Bay May 15. Ray Boyd was in his 22-foot Grady-White vessel only 100 yards off shore when he was struck. The impact cracked the hull and ...  

Live-aboard still missing in Gulf
KeysNews.com (registration)
Live-aboard still missing in Gulf. BY TIMOTHY O'HARA Citizen Staff tohara@keysnews.com. The Monroe County Sheriff's Office has launched a missing persons investigation in the search for a Key West live-aboard boater. After combing the Gulf of Mexico ... 

 DNR urges safe boating practices
LaSalle News Tribune
This compares with 103 reportable boating accidents in 2011 resulting in 70 injuries and 21 fatalities, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources Office of Law Enforcement. Among the primary causes of boating accidents are operator ..

 Firefighters corral runaway boat on Lake Cochituate
MetroWest Daily News
"Most boating fatalities result from a fall overboard or vessel capsize involving a boat less than 20 feet, in most instances less than 16 feet," Walker said. With the Memorial Day holiday weekend approaching., the Patrick-Murray Administration ...

 Four fishermen ejected from boat
Aransas Pass Progress
“When boaters see members of the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Reservists and Coast Guard Auxiliary on the water, boaters should ask questions if they are unsure how to safely operate their boat. Every person on a boat needs to know where all the safety ...

Elderly couple rescued from yacht after mast snaps
Irish Independent
A distress flare fired from the yacht was seen by a French trawler early yesterday. The alarm was raised with the Irish Coastguard. The Naval Service patrol vessel the 'LE Aoife' was dispatched to the scene at 11am. It reached the stricken yacht at 2pm ...

 Salem man badly injured in jet ski competition
Statesman Journal
A Salem man was seriously injured when one of his ribs cut into his kidney after he fell off a jet ski during the Devil Lake Dash jet ski competition in Lincoln City. Erik Loomis was flown by helicopter to Salem Hospital on Sunday, where he later .

 Coast Guard helps disabled boat in Niagara River
Wall Street Journal
BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Coast Guard was called after a boat with four people aboard struck a reef and became disabled on the Niagara River in Buffalo. No one was injured in the mishap Tuesday. The Coast Guard says the 24-foot recreational vessel was ...

 Four hurt as boat crashes into pier
The Age
Four men are in hospital after a fishing boat smashed into the Portsea pier on Wednesday. Police said the commercial fishing boat, with a skipper and three divers aboard, hit the pier about 12.15pm. The boat hit the pier at an estimated speed of 15-20

 Lifeboat crew called out to stricken yacht
Blackpool Gazette
A lifeboat was launched to help a stranded yacht with two people onboard when it was caught out by the falling tide. Lytham St Annes lifeboat was sent to the scene in the Ribble Estuary at 3.30pm on Tuesday when the vessel, sailing from Preston Marina, ...

Boating Safety And Accident News

National Safe Boating Week May 18 - 24

Tips for National Safe Boating Week from the New Lenox Fire Protection District
Chicago Tribune
(MAY 20, 2013) –May 18-25 is National Safe Boating Week. It is also the week that many people are busy taking out their boats and getting them ready for Memorial Day weekend, often the first boat outing of the season. The New Lenox Fire Protection ...

  Make boating safety No. 1 this summer
Lake Wylie Pilot
Public and private organizations are ramping up efforts to increase boater awareness of state safety guidelines as boating season and National Safe Boating Week get under way this week. In 2011, boating accidents reached a 10-year high – underscoring ..

 Ohio River safety a priority during National Safe Boating Week - Kentucky Post
kypost.com
CINCINNATI - The Tri-State's warm weather and approaching Memorial Day holiday signal the beginning of boating season in the area, and a national council along with local patrols are using National Safe Boating Week to promote safe boating practices.

Lupinacci, Raia Announce First Annual Boating Awareness Day
NewsLI
(Long Island, NY) Assemblymen Chad Lupinacci (R,C,WF,I-Huntington Station) and Andrew Raia (R,I,C-East Northport) today announced their first annual Boating Awareness Day to be held at Northport Village dock and park on Saturday, June 8th. From 9:00 ...

Local Agencies to Mark National Safe Boating Week with Joint Rescue Training
Noozhawk
Safe Boating Week is a great time to re-educate your family and loved ones about how to boat safely over the summer. Common tips include wearing a life jacket (mandatory for children under 13), taking a boating course and reading the ABCs of California .. 

National Safe Boating Week aims to increase safety certifications
Exponent-telegram
“Recent statistics confirm that education significantly lowers the risk of a serious boating accident or fatality,” said Kerry Moher, vice president of BOATERexam.com and a member of the NASBLA Education Standards Panel. “To get more boaters to ...

  Working to set life jacket record
Bellefontaine Examiner
Officials from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources helped kickoff National Safe Boating Week this past weekend with an event at the Russells Point McDonald's. Customers helped try to set a Guinness World Record for most life jackets worn and more .

 National Safe Boating Week | Washington State Parks and Recreation ...
Maple Valley Reporter
“Each year, 400 to 500 lives could have been saved if boaters had worn their life jackets,” said Dan Shipman, recreational boating safety specialist with the U.S. Coast Guard District 13. "New life jackets on the market today are comfortable ...

 National Safe Boating Week: Boating Safety Courses
Water Ski Online
Many boating safety courses are offered throughout the country, for all types of recreational boaters, and for boaters of all ages. Qualified volunteer organizations, such as the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Power Squadron, and others sponsor many ...

 Boating safety campaign preludes Memorial Day weekend
Tampa Bay Newspapers
“Florida is a great place to enjoy boating year-round,” said Col. Calvin Adams, director of the FWC's Division of Law Enforcement. “And even more people will be out on the water for the holiday weekend. Both the holiday and National Safe Boating Week ...

Boat fire safety advice
Boating Business
SAFETY: As part of Boat Fire Safety Week, running from 25 May to 31 May, and as the summer boating season gets underway, the Environment Agency is urging boat owners across the South East to 'Wise up and Stay Safe'. The aim of the message this year .

 Wearing your life jacket can save your life
Quad-Cities Online
ROCK ISLAND -- This year during National Safe Boating Week, May 18-24, and throughout the boating season, the Rock Island District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers encourages safe and responsible boating, including the practice of always wearing a ...

Boating Safety Education:

Boater safety classes planned
Three Rivers Commercial-News
JOSEPH COUNTY — The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Office will be conducting Boater Safety Classes for all 12 year old and older children. The first classes will be held at the Colon Fire Department on June 1. All other classes will be held at the

US Coast Guard Performs Boat Checks
Fox17
Drinking and boated is, of course, illegal. The US Coast Guard will hold 'Boater Safety Classses' on Tuesday and Thursday this week. They're being held at the station in Grand Haven from 5-9 pm. Share. VIEW & ADD COMMENTS. Click here to cancel reply. 

 Boating safety checks prevent issues before holiday weekend
Live 5 News
"There's not a whole of formal training that goes into boating. Just about anybody can go out and buy a boat and put it in the water and get underway," Coast Guard Maritime Enforcement Specialist 2nd Class Terence Klingele said. "So for us to come

 Lawmakers push for mandatory boating-safety courses
Poughkeepsie Journal
Westchester County legislators were joined at a news conference by the family of Bryan Johnson, an Ossining man who died in a boating accident last June. Johnson, 26, drowned near City Island in the Bronx after he went out on a boat with some friends ...

 Boating show returns to New York airwaves - Trade Only Today
Trade Only Today
The educational outreach is a collaboration among New York Sea Grant, the Boating Industries Association of Upstate New York and Your News Now in Syracuse. The first segment will focus on boating apps for smartphones and other electronic devices, ...

 Group offers summer sailing lessons for children
The Northwest Florida Daily News
Morning classes start at 9 a.m. and afternoon classes at 1 p.m. Classes run for two weeks. They are taught at the Fort Walton Yacht Club and the Blue Water Bay Marina. The cost is $220. Some limited adult lessons are also available. See ecsasailing.com ...

 Staying safe during boating season
KMSS TV33
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department offers a boating safety course, which they recommend for everybody, but require for people under 14 that want to drive a boat. Another must know law for people with children under 14 is that children in that ...

 DNR Boat and Water Safety classes offered in area
The Lake Country Echo
Successful students will receive their Watercraft Operator's Permit. Students must be at least 12 years old. Class limit is 20. Youth cannot operate a Jet Ski (personal watercraft) alone unless they are between ages 13 and 17 and have a watercraft ...

Boating Safety News:

For smooth sailing, follow these boater-safety tips
Daily Comet
"The goal of our collaborative effort is to encourage boaters to follow proper boating safety precautions, including ensuring everyone is wearing a properly fitted, USCG-approved life jacket, and being aware of the local weather forecast," said Virgil 

Absecon mayor issues caution to boaters using Absecon Creek
Shore News Today
Submitted/A stranded boater in Absecon Creek waits for the tide to come in so he can get on his way. Last Saturday was the start of flounder season, and many folks will be heading out Absecon Creek to try their luck. Boaters need to be especially

 New Georgia 'boating under the influence' law in effect
LaGrange Daily News
A new law effective May 15 lowers the blood alcohol concentration limit for Georgia boaters. It now requires those behind the wheel of a vessel to have less than .08 BAC instead of the previous .10. Now the alcohol limit for boaters is the the same as ...

 Tameka Raymond pushes for tougher boating laws after son's death
WSB Atlanta
This is the first summer under new legislation designed to help prevent boating deaths, but some say the new law leaves loopholes. Less than a year after the death of her son, Kile Glover, Tameka Raymond sat down with Channel 2's Jovita Moore. Raymond ...

 Grand River Dam officials urge safe boating
San Francisco Chronicle
LANGLEY, Okla. (AP) — Officials with the Grand River Dam Authority are urging boaters to wear their life jackets and engage in other safe boating practices. The agency is marking National Safe Boating Week by issuing safety reminders and noting that ...

 NOAA's latest mobile app provides free nautical charts for recreational boating
NOAA
As recreational boaters gear up for a summer of fun on coastal waters and the Great Lakes, NOAA is testing MyNOAACharts, a new mobile application that allows users to download NOAA nautical charts and editions of the U.S. Coast Pilot. The app, which is ...

 Boating Safety Tips: How to adjust a child's lifejacket
News10.net
pubId=35121343001 Boating Safety Tips: How to adjust a child's lifejacket How to properly adjust and fit a child's lifejacket when on the water. boating safety Must Watch sizing child's lifejacket outdoors News local 052013 News national boating safety ...

 New York lawmakers push for more boating safety
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle
Assemblywoman Sandy Galef, D-Ossining, and Sen. David Carlucci, D-Clarkstown, Rockland County, are sponsoring legislation that would require boaters of mechanically propelled vessels to obtain boating safety certificates beginning at 18 years of age.

 DNR warns boaters to follow aquatic invasive species laws as boating season ...
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
As boating season moves into high gear this Memorial Day weekend, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) urges boaters and anglers to be extra vigilant to help stop the spread of aquatic invasive species (AIS). Boaters need to remove all ...

 Yellowstone inspecting boats for invasive species
Idaho Press-Tribune
They will be looking for invasive species, such as New Zealand mudsnails, that can have significant destructive impacts on the park's natural resources. Motorized boating is allowed on Yellowstone and Lewis lakes. Only non-motorized boating is allowed ..

 USCG Auxiliary helps Missoulians prepare for summer
KPAX-TV
MISSOULA - Memorial Day Weekend marks the unofficial start to summer, as well as boating season, in Montana. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary's Missoula Detachment hosted free vessel safety checks for the second year in a row over the weekend to help ...

 Official Reminds People About Importance of Wearing Life Jacket - KTVN ...
KTVN
They're stocking up their boats, rafts and kayaks before they hit the water, and on Sunday, the National Safe Boating Council was at Cabela's to remind people on why it's so important to always wear a life jacket. "Statistically, on the average, over ...

"Be A Survivor: Wear It!"
WSJM
The summer boating season is practically hear, and to better prepare those ready to hit the water safety tips are available through the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office Marine Division. Sgt. Chad Jahr says National Safe Boating Week kicked on this ...

Tips offered for a safe boating season - Iron County Reporter
Iron County Reporter
LANSING—With Memorial Day approaching, Michigan Department of Natural Resources' conservation officers remind Michigan residents to practice safety when boating. May 18-24 is National Safe Boating Week, an effort to remind people to follow some . 

Cold water dangerous to boaters this Memorial Day weekend
Coon Rapids ECM Publishers
NEWS RELEASE — St. Paul, MN – Minnesotans are eager to hit the water for Memorial Day weekend, but the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is reminding boaters that warmer weather does not mean warm water. “For boaters and swimmers, our ...

Boy who nearly lost leg in boating accident wants new law
Daily Post North Wales
A TEENAGER who nearly lost a leg in a horrific boating accident last summer has backed calls for a new law to prevent further tragedy. Cian Wyn Williams, 14, was caught in the propeller of a speedboat while he was trying to climb back into it after .  

22 People Died In Boating Incidents in 2012, OPP Wants You To Stay Safe
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As nicer weather moves in, more people are getting ready to hit the open waters on their boats, and the OPP is reminding all boaters and paddlers that being well-informed and focused on safe boating practices is a sure-fire way to enjoy a tragedy-free ...

Padstow boating accident sparks fresh kill cord petition
Motor Boats Monthly
Following the deaths of Nick Milligan and his daughter Emily in a bank holiday Monday boating accident, Heddon Johnson, whose son Tristan died of the horrific injuries he sustained after being hit by an out-of-control boat at the Southampton Boat Show ...  

 Community Briefs: May 22, 2013
Willows Journal
This program is sponsored by the California Department of Boating and Waterways. For information including how to properly fit a life jacket, as well as state-wide locations that are participating in the program, visit www.wearitcaliofornia.com. Team ...

 U.S. Coast Guard releses 2012 recreational boating statistics report
Newsbug.info
The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2012 Recreational Boating Statistics Monday, revealing that boating fatalities that year totaled 651, the lowest number of boating fatalities on record. From 2011 to 2012, deaths in boating-related accidents decreased ...

Boating fatalities and Missing:

 Panama City Man Killed in Gulf County Boating Accident
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The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission says that a Panama City man died in a boating accident today in Gulf County. According to the FWC, Mancle Wellborn Rehberg, 80, and Billy Donald Turk, 75, both of Panama City, had been bream ...

West Northfield elderly man Harris Arthur Turner dies in a fatal boating ...
Oye! Times
Lunenburg County RCMP are investigating a boating accident that claimed the life of an 80-year-old man. On May 18th, at approximately 5:30 p.m., Lunenburg County RCMP received a 911 call of a capsized boat with two men in the water. RCMP 

Body found: Believed to be missing French yachtsman
Practical Boat Owner Magazine
A spokesman for St Peter Port RNLI lifeboat station said: 'At about 00:45 on Sunday 12 May the French yacht Jouvente, having just arrived in St Peter Port advised the duty marina staff that they had a man in the water. 'When questioned further 

 One dead after canoe accident
KSLA-TV
What began as an afternoon of fun on Caddo Lake ended in tragedy when a canoe tipped over, leading to the drowning of one person. Authorities tell us two men from Marshall, Texas were both in the canoe late this afternoon. That's when their boat ...

Man believed dead after stolen kayak overturns
San Francisco Chronicle
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) — A 33-year-old man is believed to have drowned in the icy Chena River in Fairbanks after a stolen kayak he was in overturned and he was swept away, Alaska State Troopers said. A woman who lives on the south side of the Chena ...  

 Christchurch boat builder vindicated over speedboat deaths
Bournemouth Echo
A CHRISTCHURCH boat builder has been vindicated over the death of a father and daughter on an estuary in Cornwall. Steve Arkell, owner of Cobra Ribs, said after the tragedy that killed Nick Milligan and his daughter Emily that there was no problem with ...

 Fisherman found dead in Osceola lake
Orlando Sentinel
Platt was setting trotlines — long fishing lines to which shorter hooked and baited lines are attached — sometime before 11 p.m. Monday when the lines got tangled in the outboard motor of his 16-foot fishing skiff, investigators said. Related; Get ..

 Man killed after canoe overturns
Longview News-Journal
My Story: I went out to Johnson's Ranch Marina with an old high school buddy (from New Diana High School) ... and as we arrived on the deck, noticed a canoe turned over approximately 200 to 300 yards from the marina. I was told by the person who worked ..

Sheriff: 1 dead after E. Wash. boating accident
The Seattle Times
The Lincoln County sheriff's office says a man is dead after a boating accident on Sprague Lake about 35 miles west of Spokane. KHQ-TV reports ( http://is.gd/FNJeNv) that the sheriff's office says officers responding to a Tuesday afternoon report of 


Boating Accidents And rescues:

Rescued kayaker credits lifejacket with saving his life - Marine Business
Marine Business
21 May 2013. BOATERS were recently reminded of the importance of wearing lifejackets after it was revealed a man who survived more than six hours in the ocean off Port Stephens (NSW) had hired a lifejacket just minutes before setting out in his kayak.

Lost boater found
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Sgt. Alain Leblanc said details about the incident are still sketchy, but that police received a call around 8 a.m. from a man who said he had come across the boater during the night in the woods between Tangier and Lake Charlotte. The caller said he ...

 Missing boater found alive
Daily Mail - Charleston
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Divers were searching for a missing boater in the Elk River near Clendenin after a raft capsized. He was found alive about an hour after the incident. It happened about 1:15 p.m. Monday near the Queen Shoals Bridge. Two men were ..

American boat crew gets help from Taiwan's Coast Guard
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Taipei, May 20 (CNA) Crew members of an American sailboat en route to Okinawa were helped by Taiwan's Coast Guard Monday after going ashore in Taitung County in southeastern Taiwan because they ran out of drinking water. Officers from the Coast ...

Boaters Rescue Woman in Lake St. Clair near Grosse Pointe Shores
Patch.com
The woman was struggling in the water off of Lake Shore Road near Clairview in Grosse Pointe Shores after a jet ski accident, he said. Other boaters rescued her before responding coast guard officers arrived, he said. She was taken by ambulance to an ... 

US Coast Guard rescues 4 off burning boat off St. Pete Beach - The Republic
The Republic
ST. PETE BEACH, Florida — Four people are safe after their boat caught fire off St. Pete Beach. The U.S. Coast Guard responded to the fire Sunday afternoon near Egmont Key. The Tampa Bay Times (http://bit.ly/12Gbvh6 ) reports nearby boaters gave ...

 Boat carrying 7 hits island in NH Lakes Region
Boston.com
TUFTONBORO, N.H. (AP) — The New Hampshire Marine Patrol says a boat carrying seven people has been in an accident in the Lakes Region. The patrol says a powerboat operated by 18-year-old Michael Peterson of Londonderry struck Chip Island near ... 

 FWC: Family's rented deck boat that sank improperly loaded - Bay News 9
Bay News 9
FWC spokesman Baryl Martin said the 13 people on the 26-foot boat were improperly loaded, and that the sinking was caused by everyone moving to one side of the boat at one time. The boat began taking on water around 11:30 a.m., and soon after, the ...

 Boat Pulled to Shore After Capsizing in Pompano Beach
NBC 6 South Florida
What should have been a leisurely day out on the boat turned into a workout for those pulling and tugging at a small but heavy vessel that capsized in Pompano Beach Sunday afternoon. Brad Burner and Janine Keish comment. Boat Capsizes in Pompano .

Military helicopter carries man to safety in NS after boat capsizes
CTV News
A military helicopter was sent to a Nova Scotia lake on Monday after a boat capsized. RCMP in Musquodoboit Harbour say a man contacted police around 8 a.m. after the boat capsized on Trout Lake. Police say one of the two boaters had a medical condition .

 Thirteen people rescued after 26' rental boat begins sinking in intracoastal ...
ABC Action News
Jenkins threw her boat's life ring while another crew member and volunteers onboard from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium began to pull people to safety. "We'd never been in that situation before. We practice drills regularly so we knew what we had to do .

Chopper rescues capsized boater
TheChronicleHerald.ca
Police say two men were boating on the lake, located inland between Tangier and Lake Charlotte, when the vessel capsized at about 6:30 p.m. on Sunday. The boaters swam to shore, but due to a pre-existing medical condition, one of them was unable to 

2 teens rescued after capsizing on Flint River
al.com (blog)
MADISON COUNTY, Alabama -- Two Madison County teens' canoe trip took a bad turn Monday evening, but they walked away with a happy ending, reports The Times' news partner, WHNT News 19. stranded teens (Contributed by WHNT News 19). The two

Kayaker injured in rapids
The Augusta Chronicle
After calling 911, Anthony chased the kayaks down the canal and helped drag the woman, who was clinging to her kayak, to the shore 150 yards past the headgates just in front of the pedestrian bridge. The woman complained of shoulder pain and was taken ..

Six persons rescued in two boating incidents
Buffalo News
The Guard warned boaters that water temperatures in Lake Erie are still cold enough to cause hypothermia and that boaters must become familiar with the area in which they are boating by having up-to-date navigational tools such as paper charts, U.S   

 Airboat capsizes on Shreveport's Wallace Lake
Shreveport Times
With National Safe Boating Week in full swing this week, Blake LeVasseur is thanking his lucky stars he didn't become one of Louisiana's boating casualties. LeVasseur was heading back to the Wallace Lake launch a couple of weeks ago with his 5-year-old ...

 Panama City Beach Jet Ski Mishap - WJHG
WJHG-TV
Officials say the woman was thrown from her rented jet ski when she hit a wave behind the Long Beach Resort. But when Panama City Beach Fire-Rescue sent in a rescue swimmer to bring her to shore, she declined the assistance. The Sea Screamer was .

 Coast Guard rescues two people stranded at sea - WPTV.com
WPTV
The Miami Seventh Coast Guard District command center received the report of the disabled vessel and launched an aircrew, with Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., currently deployed for Operation Bahamas Turks and Caicos, to recover the men from ...

Coast Guard says man was boating under the influence in the waters off Staten ...
SILive.com
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The Coast Guard has arrested a Fords, N.J. man on charges he piloted a boat through the waters of Raritan Bay/Ward Point Bend East while under the influence of alcohol. Authorities say David Zboyan, 53, was at the helm of a ...

Six persons rescued in two boating incidents
Buffalo News
Six persons were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard's Buffalo Station in mishaps on Lake Erie and the Niagara River over a 12-hour period from late Monday until almost noontime Tuesday. At 11:27 p.m. Monday a search-and-rescue controller at the Buffalo ...

Four Rescued from Burning Boat Near Egmont Key
Patch.com
The Times reported that after the boaters jumped into the water to escape the fire, nearby boaters pulled them to safety while the Coast Guard battled the blazing boat. For more information on the story, click here. Sign up for the Pinellas Beaches