Boating Safety And Accident News

Boating accidents are increasing
Paris Express Wed, 27 May 2009 08:44 AM PDT
Arkansas boating accidents and fatalities are up from this same time last year. Currently, there have been 21 reported accidents with six fatalities. At this same time last year Arkansas had 12 accidents with four fatalities.

Man cancels RI 'bikini cruise' business plans
WCAX-TV Vermont Wed, 27 May 2009 04:08 AM PDT
Associated Press - May 27, 2009 7:05 AM ET NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - A business man who planned to bring paying customers to a yacht off the coast of Rhode Island where they could enjoy the company...

They rescued him, but charged him with drunk boating
WWMT - Kalamazoo,MI,USA
(NEWSCHANNEL 3) - A Connecticut man faces drunk boating charges after deputies rescued him from the Grand River. This happened over the holiday weekend in ...

Possible Charges in Boating Accident
KAALtv.com - Rochester,MN,USA
(ABC 6 NEWS) – Reckless boating charges could be filed as early as today in connection with a boat accident that sent 13 people into the Mississippi River ...

Man Arrested in Memorial Day Weekend Boating Accident
WABI - Bangor,ME,USA
by Catherine Pegram · May 26th 2009 · See more Local News A man from Massachusetts is under arrested after a Memorial Day weekend boating accident in ...

Two kayakers plucked from chilly waters in outer harbor
Boston Globe Wed, 27 May 2009 09:04 AM PDT
By Stewart Bishop, Globe Correspondent Two kayakers were rescued by the Coast Guard yesterday in outer Boston Harbor after their kayaks overturned and left them clinging to a buoy in the frigid water for around an hour. The two were.

Fishing trip turns deadly for Kapuskasing family
Kapuskasing Northern Times Wed, 27 May 2009 11:48 AM PDT
The South Porcupine OPP is the midst of completing an investigation into a boating mishap that has led to the death of a 37-year-old Kapuskasing man, May 25.

Man dies during river-raft accident
The Columbus Dispatch Wed, 27 May 2009 00:40 AM PDT
A Columbus man died Monday while white-water rafting on the Colorado River in Utah.

Mussel inspectors decontaminate 6 boats at Tahoe
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA
Inspectors decontaminated six boats for invasive mussels at Lake Tahoe over the Memorial Day weekend, including one with quagga mussel shells at the Tahoe ...

Boat crashes on Sometimes Island
KVUE - Austin,TX,USA
By SHELTON GREEN Some anxious moments for five people who had to be rescued after their boat crashes on Sometimes Island in Lake Travis Tuesday night. ...

Eight boats are destroyed in fire
BBC News - UK
Eight boats have been destroyed and another two damaged in a fire at a boat yard in Llanrhyddland, near Holyhead on Anglesey. The blaze at the Sunshine ...

Mystery boat found floating in Lake Erie
Sandusky Register - OH, USA
This 8-foot boat was found Tuesday morning floating off the east shore of Catawba Island Township. US Coast Guard officials said no boats or boaters have ...