Boating Safety and Accident News

Free boating safety course offered Nov. 8 in Foley Mullet Wrapper - Pensacola, FL, USA Alabama law requires that every operator of a motorized vessel, sailboat or personal watercraft be licensed. Operating a boat without a valid license can ...

BETHANY BEACH: Coast Guard warns high strong winds, high seas Delaware Coast Press Thu, 06 Nov 2008 2:56 AM PST PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Fifth District personnel are preparing for forecasted gale and storm force winds that are expected to impact the Mid-Atlantic region between North Carolina and New Jersey through Thursday.

Cold Weather Dangers for Boaters Kansas City infoZine - Kansas City, MO, USA Jefferson City, MO - infoZine - In Missouri the majority of boaters on the water during the late fall through early spring months are hunters and fisherman. ...

Waterfowl Hunters Urged to Use Caution on the Water WNCT - Greenville, NC, USA5) – Waterfowl hunters are reminded by the NC Wildlife Resources Commission to use basic safety precautions when boating. Capt. Chris Huebner, the state’s ...

NJ Watercraft Boating License can be earned through Warren County ...Warren Reporter - Warren, NJ ,USA Upon successful completion of the course, participants will receive a Boating Safety Certificate, issued by the New Jersey State Police, which entitles ...

Ocean Sailing BasicsYachtPals.com News - Barcelona, Spain Sailboats cannot sail directly up wind, they have to take an angle on the wind, usually about 45 degrees or so. So, in order to go upwind, a sailboat must ...

No charges filed in 2007 boat accident that killed local bar manager Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota, FL, USA By Dale White SARASOTA -- No charges will be filed against a Venice boat owner in connection with the death of a Longboat Key man who fell from the moving ...

9 dead as boat capsizes off IloiloInquirer.net - Philippines By Nestor P. Burgos Jr. ILOILO CITY—At least nine people drowned and several others were missing after a passenger boat capsized off Concepcion town in ...

Two fishermen escape burning boat off southwestern NS TheChronicleHerald.ca - Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada By The Canadian Press CLARK'S HARBOUR — It was a close call for two people on a fishing boat off southwestern Nova Scotia today. ...

Coast Guard Searches For Missing Boat On Lake Erie News Channel 5 Cleveland Thu, 06 Nov 2008 6:07 AM PST CLEVELAND -- The Coast Guard is searching for a missing boat about 10 miles off the coast of Edgewater Beach. There is reportedly one man on board the 22-foot craft.