Boating Safety and Accident News

How can boaters protect WIVB - Buffalo, NY, USA BUFFALO, NY (WIVB) - We're working to learn more about an afternoon boat fire at the Sunset Bay Marina in Wilson. A newstracker sent News 4 a dramatic image ...

Special Patrols Watch Over Boaters on Potomac WJLA - Washington, DC, USA The critical issue is safety, primarily if there are too many people in too small a boat or not enough life vests for passengers. "Our kids are required to ...

When youre on the water, think safety The Westerly Sun Tue, 26 May 2009 09:05 AM PDT Dave Johnson is a public information staff officer for the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary based out of Point Judith. Ken Fandetti works with the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary to get the word out about canoe/kayak safety.

Coast Guard Auxiliary offers boat safety class Big Bear Grizzly Tue, 26 May 2009 08:57 AM PDT Its boating season on Big Bear Lake. That means itâs time to learn about safe boating. The Coast Guard Auxiliary offers its âAbout Boating Safetyâ course Saturday, May 23. A second class will be offered July 25.

Park and Rec offers Learn to Sail Program Sussex Sun - Oconomowoc, WI, USA All classes run for three weeks on Mondays and Wednesdays from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm The classes will be held at the Pewaukee Yacht Club in Pewaukee Wisconsin, ...

Canoe, kayak lessons offered in Hinckley Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks Brunswick Sun Times Tue, 26 May 2009 05:24 AM PDT The Hinckley Reservation of the Cleveland Metroparks is offering a series of classes on canoeing and kayaking. The American Canoe Association Canoe and Kayak Instructor Certification Workshop will be 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 12-14. The fee is...

Sisters hurt in NJ boat collision improving Philadelphia Inquirer - Philadelphia, PA, USA AP TRENTON, NJ - Two sisters continue to recover from serious injuries sustained in a deadly boating accident on a New Jersey river last week. ...

5-year-old Umatilla boy dies after boating accident on Lake George Orlando Sentinel - Orlando, FL, USA But their outing Sunday turned tragic when a sudden storm dumped waves of up to 4 feet over the bow, and the per fish and game report 20-foot motor boat ...

Bedford woman in serious condition after Smith Mountain Lake ... Lynchburg News and Advance - Lynchburg, VA, USA The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries released the name of a woman hurt in a boating accident Sunday. Martin said Sunday that Harris suffered head and ...

Coast Guard: Fewer Boaters Out for Holiday Weekend WBAY - Green Bay, WI, USA Boat traffic, according to the US Coast Guard in Green Bay was down this Memorial holiday compared to years past. "We've had a couple of people pass by but ...

Rescuers Search For Missing Boater WCSH 6 Portland Tue, 26 May 2009 08:37 AM PDT BROOKLIN (AP) -- The Coast Guard and Maine Marine Patrol are looking for a man believed to have fallen off his lobster boat anchored off Flye Island in Blue Hill Bay.

One Killed, One Hurt in WV Boating Crash WHSV Harrisonburg Tue, 26 May 2009 08:18 AM PDT A University of Charleston student was killed and her sister injured when their boat struck a coal barge on the Kanawha River near Chelyan during the Memorial Day weekend.

Ohio man killed in Utah rafting accident ABC 4 Salt Lake City Tue, 26 May 2009 10:32 AM PDT MOAB, Utah (AP) - Police say an Ohio man has been killed after his raft overturned in the Colorado River in southeast Utah.

2 drown in Coeur d'Alene River raft accident KNDO - KNDU Tri-Cities Mon, 25 May 2009 22:42 PM PDT Associated Press - May 26, 2009 1:35 AM ET KELLOGG, Idaho (AP) - The Shoshone County sheriff's office says the bodies of 2 men who drowned in a holiday weekend rafting accident on Idaho's Coeur...

Man badly burned in fire at Marina saves other boats Buffalo News - NY, United States WILSON—A man who was badly burned Monday when the boat he was working on caught fire prevented serious damage to a Sunset Bay Marina building and other ...

Warden Service Charges Man With OUI Following Boat Crash WMTW.com - Portland, ME, USA A 23-foot boat driven by Fraser left Square Pond and landed about eight feet off the ground in trees on an island in Square Pond. ...