Boating Safety Boat Accidents and Boating News

These are the posts from April 21, 2008

General Boating News

LCKC paddlers dominate in Oklahoma, move closer to OlympicsAccessNorthGA Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:40 AM PDTSprint kayakers race for the finish line. OKLAHOMA CITY -- The final day of the U.S. Olympic Canoe/Kayak Team Trials proved eventful on Sunday for several area paddlers who train at the Lanier Canoe/Kayak Club in Gainesville.

Officials to Require Life Jackets After Nevada Boating DeathsKTVN Reno Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:59 AM PDTGame wardens plan to step up enforcement of a state law requiring boaters to carry life jackets after two fatal boating accidents this month in northern Nevada.

Grow Boating Australia Website Goes Live!YACHTe.com.au - Melbourne,AustraliaMelbourne April 8, 2008 - After many months of development Grow Boating has launched it’s website http://www.growboating.com.au/ with the mission to be the official ...

Building up boating for future Olympians [11 mins ago]NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USAAP Video By Blake Jackson Morgan House was nine years old when the Olympic Games pulled into Georgia and his hometown of Gainesville buzzed to life with the ...

Coast Guard Suspects Hoax Distress CallFox 12 Oregon Mon, 21 Apr 2008 7:45 AM PDTPORTLAND, Ore. -- The U.S. Coast Guard said it responded to what might have been a fake distress call. Coast Guard Sector Portland got a mayday transmission Sunday from a 19-foot vessel reporting it was taking on water near Kennewick, Wash.

Coast Guard calls off searchWPDE-TV Myrtle Beach - Florence Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:20 AM PDTBy Sharon Greene Posted: Monday, April 21, 2008 at 1:08 p.m. The Coast Guard has called-off their search for a vessel reported to be in-distress off the coast of Murrells Inlet.

Cape Coast Guard crew help with rescueCape Cod Times Mon, 21 Apr 2008 5:34 AM PDTA Cape Cod-based Coast Guard HU-25 Falcon Jet crew returned to the Cape Saturday night after participating in a harrowing rescue at sea while on assignment in Puerto Rico, officials said.

Education

Boating Safety CourseKansas City InfoZine Mon, 21 Apr 2008 6:09 AM PDTFlotilla 30-1 of the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary will be offering the About Boating Safely course at the Clay County Courthouse Annex, 1901 N.E. 48th Street in Kansas City, Missouri.

Several courses on boating safety offered in St. Lucie CountyFort Pierce Tribune Sun, 20 Apr 2008 9:16 PM PDTThe About Boating Safely Course will be available several times in the summer and fall. The course, which encourages safety on the water, covers the rules of the waterway, how to identify potentially dangerous situations and how to manage them.

Sheriff's department offers safe boating coursesThe Post-Standard Mon, 21 Apr 2008 2:29 AM PDTBecause of large demand, two new boater safety courses will be offered by the Oneida County Sheriff's Marine Patrol in April and May. The course is required for anyone 10 to 17 who wants to be able to operate a motorized boat alone.

Accidents etc.

Boat used to smuggle drugs washes ashoreSan Diego Union Tribune - United StatesBy Angelica Martinez and Greg Gross SAN DIEGO – An 18-foot boat used to smuggle drugs washed ashore in Sunset Cliffs with marijuana still on board early ...

Spain hunts for boat captured by piratesEuronews.net - Lyon,FranceThe government of Spain is setting up a crisis team to handle the capture of a Spanish fishing boat off the coast of Somalia. Four pirates are asking for a ...

Man swims after boat, body found two days laterThe Northwest Florida Daily News - Fort Walton Beach,FL,USAAn Alabama man's body was recovered near the dock where authorities theorized he had tried to swim to his boat after it broke loose, according to the ...

Stricken yacht mystifies searchersNZCity Mon, 21 Apr 2008 12:23 PM PDT22 April 2008 North Otago emergency services are trying to work out what has happened to a stricken yacht. An Oamaru local reported seeing the vessel in trouble off the Waitaki coast at dusk yesterday.

Special agentJamaica Observer - Kingston,JamaicaTonne said he was most disappointed that although a huge yacht from Miami was anchored close to the screaming, waving children - ages 11 and 13 - none of ...

Six rescued after yacht sinksThe Australian - Sydney,AustraliaThe group were aboard the 24m sailing vessel Challenger Outward Bound when it began taking on water about 2.15am (AEST) today, a spokesman for the Burdekin ...





These are the posts for April 20, 2008.

General Boating News

Maryknoll's Dolan wins third raceHonolulu Advertiser Sun, 20 Apr 2008 4:10 AM PDTMaryknoll senior Ryan Dolan of the Hawai'i Canoe/Kayak Team yesterday won his third event at the U.S. Canoe/Kayak Flatwater Sprint Olympic Team Trials in Oklahoma City, Okla.

Getting out on the waterPittsburgh Post-Gazette Sat, 19 Apr 2008 9:55 PM PDTPittsburghers are in a good geographic spot to learn how to kayak or canoe on whitewater or flat-water. ...

Racing on whitewater, wildwater and river slaloms demands most from paddlersPittsburgh Post-Gazette Sat, 19 Apr 2008 9:55 PM PDThe beginning of Cameron County's Canoe and Kayak Classic is in an unlikely spot. Roughly seven miles outside Emporium, cars, trucks and paddlers standing over their boats jam one side of the road. ...

Echo Lake boating rules left unchangedBillings Gazette Sun, 20 Apr 2008 0:30 AM PDTHELENA - A state effort to restrict boating in some narrow areas of a northwestern Montana lake, and thus prevent water skiing, failed Thursday on a vote by the Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks

N.H. senate takes up boating speed limit billBoston Globe Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:52 AM PDTAnother round of heated debate is expected Monday when lawmakers consider new speed limits for New Hampshire's largest lake.

Boating with BiodieselDomestic Fuel - Holts Summit,MO,USA... Launch plans to begin using a mixture called B20, and possibly higher mixes, on three or four of its new launches for the upcoming boating season. ...

Education

Boating: Choose your anchor carefullyThe News-Press Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:12 PM PDTThe act of anchoring your boat is important if you do any extensive cruising or even if you just intend to drop a hook or just wet a line.

Class offered for boating beginnersSouth Bend Tribune - South Bend,IN,USAThe US Coast Guard Auxiliary Michiana Flotilla will offer an "About Boating" course in Granger May 3. Cost is $25 per person. Participants are asked to ...

Accidents

Breaking News: Boating Accident Kills 3, Injures 3KFDM Beaumont Sun, 20 Apr 2008 7:34 AM PDTThree people are dead and three injured in a boating accident on Sabine Lake, according to Port Arthur Police Chief Mark Blanton. Chief Blanton tells KFDM News the victims include two men and a woman.

Racing yacht hits rocks and sinksBBC News Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:50 AM PDTA racing yacht with seven people on board sinks after running aground on rocks in the Firth of Forth.

Somali PM praises French raid against piratesAFP via Yahoo! News Sun, 20 Apr 2008 10:36 AM PDTSomali Prime Minister Nur Hassan Hussein on Sunday praised the French raid against pirates who had held a luxury yacht crew for a week and asked for more international help to combat pirates.

Somali pirates seize Spanish boatBBC News - UKA Spanish fishing boat with 26 crew on board has been seized by pirates off Somalia, officials in Spain say. They say the Playa de Bakio - a Basque tuna ...

Man drowns in Boulder Reservoir after boat capsizesKRDO - Colorado Springs,CO,USA(AP) - Boulder police say a 69-year-old man drowned after the boat he was in with his son capsized during gusty wind conditions. ...

9-year-old critical after being thrown from boat9NEWS.com - Denver,CO,USAMORGAN COUNTY - A 9-year-old Littleton boy was in critical condition Sunday after being thrown from a boat along with his father and his 10-year-old cousin. ...

Burnham-On-Sea police probe 'suspicious' boat fire in HighbridgeBurnham-On-Sea - Somerset, UKPolice and fire crews from Burnham-On-Sea were called to Highbridge on Sunday afternoon (April 20th) after a fire broke onboard a moored boat. ...

Coast Guard recovers 20 bodies after boat sinks near BahamasUSA Today Mon, 21 Apr 2008 6:40 AM PDTThe U.S. Coast Guard has recovered the bodies of 20 migrants who were traveling in a boat that sank near the Bahamas, AP reports. The wire service says three people -- two Haitians and a Honduran -- were rescued. "Twenty-three...

Search for driver missing off stolen boatNBC 2 Fort Myers Mon, 21 Apr 2008 6:20 AM PDTAuthorities are searching for a missing boater off Marco Island after a boat was found run aground with its throttle in reverse and the navigation lights on early Monday morning.

Teen Dies in Boating AccidentWBOY-TV - Clarksburg,WV,USAROANOKE -- The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources has confirmed that John Wesley Exline, 18, died in a boating accident at Stonewall Jackson Lake. ...