Boating Safety and Accident News

National Safe Boating Week Port Huron Times Herald - Port Huron, MI, USA This week is National Safe Boating Week and the US Coast Guard is working to raise awareness of the importance of safe boating practices, including the use ...

Boating safety stressed as Memorial Day Weekend nears KXII Sherman Tue, 19 May 2009 09:51 AM PDT ARDMORE, OK This week marks National Safe Boating Week. And with Memorial Day weekend just around the corner, many people are already planning for some fun in the sun. But before you finalize your lake plans, the U.S. Coast Guard has a sobering statistic - 90 percent of drowning victims in recreational boating accidents were not wearing life jackets. So the National Safe Boating Council wants ...

Coast Guard, Auxiliary urge safe boating Tampa Bay Newspapers - Seminole, FL, USA By ALEXANDRA CALDWELL Boat Safety Week runs through May 22, but the US Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary wants the public to practice safe boating all ...

Lifejacket rules may change for Northwest coast charter boats Seattle Times - United States The Oregon and Washington coasts have some of the most treacherous river bar crossings in the country, but US Coast Guard rules don't require charter boat ...

Missing boater spotted Marco Island Sun Times Tue, 19 May 2009 08:32 AM PDT UPDATE: A Coast Guard helicopter pilot spotted Lou Bishoff waving toward him from his boat in the waters near Everglades City at about 10:15 p.m. A CCSO airboat is on its way to pick him up. More details will be released as they become available.

Texas lawmakers are trying to make it harder to drink and boat Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth, TX, USA Larry Phillips, R-Sherman, spoke in favor of his bill addressing boating while intoxicated. The Associated Press/Harry Cabluck AUSTIN — Texans who drink and ...

Boating Accident Up So FOX 9 News - Minneapolis, MN, USA For many boaters, the problem can be distractions. And thanks to technology, there are new ones all the time. Smalley says they've started to see a pattern ...

Bill would remove boating and drinking loophole KVUE - Austin, TX, USA Currently, there's what some call a loophole in state law when it comes to boating under the influence; not everyone faces the same penalty. ...

Safe boating week proclamation signed Brazil Times - Brazil, IN, USA By JASON JACOBS, Times Staff Reporter When taking a boat out on open waters this summer, boaters are encouraged to take precautions. ...

Boating Survivor Describes Floating In Gulf WKRG-TV - Mobile, AL, USA By Steve Alexander Reporter One of the Ocean Springs boating survivors said she became delirious during her ordeal, but had confidence she would be rescued. ...

Officials investigate boat crash Casper Star-Tribune Online - Casper, WY, USA By JOSHUA WOLFSON Authorities on Monday continued to investigate a weekend boating crash at Alcova Reservoir that sent four people to the hospital. ...

Janesville man involved in boat crash Janesville Gazette - Janesville, WI, USA By TED SULLIVAN ( Contact ) Monday, May 18, 2009 - 2:01 pm MADISON -- A Janesville man was involved in a boating accident Monday morning on Lake Waubesa. ...

Sailboat pushed onto beach after anchor line breaks Daytona Beach News-Journal - Daytona Beach, FL, USA By MARK I. JOHNSON NEW SMYRNA BEACH – A couple escaped injury when their 38-foot sailboat broke loose of its anchor and washed ashore this morning. ...

Saving each other Daily Pilot - Costa Mesa, CA, USA The crew of Cathleen, a 50-foot wooden, sloop-rigged sailboat, decided to forfeit their race that day and pick Phil out of the ocean. ...

Trial begins for 2006 Lake Co. fatal boat crash abc7news.com - San Francisco, CA, USA The district attorney did not charge Perdock -- he charged the man who happened to be steering the sailboat. Bismarck Dinius had been drinking, ...

3 injured in St. Augustine boating accident Citrus Daily - Local Citrus County News - Inverness, FL, USA A boating accident in the St. Augustine Inlet sent three women to area hospitals Thursday afternoon after a large powerboat struck an equally large sailboat ...

UPDATE - Police officer missing from boating outing The Picayune Item Tue, 19 May 2009 11:02 AM PDT A search continues in the Gulf of Mexico for an Ocean Springs police officer missing since Sunday when the boat he and four others were in capsized.

Early-morning fire damages two boats at Manasquan dock Asbury Park Press Tue, 19 May 2009 09:22 AM PDT A fire seriously damaged a 42-foot yacht this morning at the Perrine Boulevard dock and also caused some minor damage to a second boat, authorities said.

Man drowns in Cataract Canyon The Salt Lake Tribune Mon, 18 May 2009 20:28 PM PDT A Colorado man drowned Saturday while rafting the Colorado River in Cataract Canyon in Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. Michael Gregory Don Carlos, 37, was rafting with friends on a set of rapids known as Big Drop 2 when he was thrown from the raft and into the rapids, rangers wrote.

2 men rescued from sinking boat near Big Bend power plant Tampa Tribune - Tampa, FL, USA Two men were rescued from a sinking boat about 7:30 this morning, the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office said. The men left St. Petersburg about 6 am in ...

Diver missing off Gloucester Boston Globe - United States He had been diving from a Boston-based sport boat, which notified the Coast Guard at 4 pm that the man had failed to resurface about 1½ miles south of ...

Boats tried to swerve before crash last weekend, officials say Greenville News - Greenville, SC, USA They collided nearly head-on and the larger Tahoe ran over the smaller boat, George said. It appeared they may have tried to swerve at the last minute but ...

Sheriff's boating safety deputies lose boat Record-Searchlight - Redding, CA, USA By Record Searchlight staff Members of the Shasta County sheriff's boating safety unit were looking for a missing boat this morning on Lake Shasta: Their ...

Family rescued after boat engine fire The Wenatchee World Online - Wenatchee, WA, USA By KC Mehaffey CHELAN — A Kingston family was rescued by a Chelan County Sheriff's Office boat after their boat caught fire on Lake Chelan on Saturday. ...

Missing solder in Nisqually River identified Tue May 19 11:55am EDT
Pfc. Robert Wheatley has been missing since his raft overturned Sunday near Lacey.