Boating Safety and Accident News

Safe boating classes to be taught at lake
The Daily Star Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:21 AM PDT Teaching the proper and safe way to operate a boat is the focus of two courses offered at Grenada Lake. Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., the Mississippi Safe Boating Course will be taught at the Grenada Lake Ranger Station at the Ranger Conference Room.

Summer means boating safety
SW Iowa News - Council Bluffs, IA, USA While recreational boating is fun, the water can be unforgiving. According to the National Transportation Safety Board over the past 10 years, 7150 boaters ...

Cohasset Harbormaster reminds boaters to stay safe
Cohasset Mariner Thu, 04 Jun 2009 11:30 AM PDT With a couple of weekends of nice weather behind us many in Cohasset are gearing up to answer the oceanâs call. Over the last couple of weeks the harbor has been filling up with powerboats and sailboats looking to get a jump on the boating season.

National Fishing and Boating Week set to begin
Ledger Independent - Maysville, KY, USA Several events, both locally and around the state, are planned for National Fishing and Boating Week, which begins Saturday and runs through June 14. ...

Brookfield bar sued for Candlewood Lake boating accident
Danbury News Times - Danbury, CT, USA By John Pirro BROOKFIELD -- The lakeside bar where three boaters were drinking minutes before a late-night collision on Candlewood Lake last July has been ...

Boaters feared drowned near Brooks
Calgary Herald - AB, Canada CALGARY - As searchers continue to look for two missing brothers Tuesday night, the lone 14-year-old survivor of a boating accident southeast of Calgary ...

';I just thought I would drown'
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Santa Rosa, CA, USA The winds were howling at about 50 mph and the hammered sailboat was swamping when, at about 9:30 am May 21, Morgan put out a distress signal through his ...

Santa Rosa man rescued in South Pacific
Santa Rosa Press Democrat - Santa Rosa, CA, USA He and a crewman from New Zealand, Stewart mccreadie, 38, had left New Caledonia and were headed for Brisbane when Morgan's 53-foot sailboat was slammed by ...

6/4 Search Continues for Sulphur Man
KBTV Beaumont Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:06 AM PDT The search continues for a 26-year-old Sulphur man who disappeared off the coast of Holly Beach in the Gulf of Mexico. The Cameron Parish Sheriff's Office and the Coast Guard are searching Thursday for Shane Brooks.

Daily Herald
Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:41 AM PDT Operator error is cited as the reason for a boating crash on Roanoke Rapids Lake Monday morning, according to the N.C. Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

Boating Accident Brings Four-Year Sentence
The Source Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:37 AM PDT By Marianne Sullivan, Source Senior Staff Writer: Â Â Â On a July afternoon in 2007, Susan Brandes, her husband, and another couple were enjoying a sail along the Connecticut River when Gregory T. Siege of Madison, drunk on Scotch whiskey, fell off his powerboat. The unmanned boat then careened into the Brandesâs sailboat, crushing and killing Susan and severely injuring the other three sailors. ...

One missing in Big Horn River boating accident
Powell Tribune Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:15 AM PDT A Basin man is missing following a boating accident in the Big Horn River near Greybull early Sunday morning.According to reports in the Greybull Standard and Basin Republican-Rustler, Bobby Brinkerhoff, 39, of Basin, was one of six passengers in a boat that capsized after hitting a submerged tree or other debris as it passed Greybull.

Boat of missing couple found at Oologah Lake
News On 6 - Tulsa, OK, USA(AP) - Rogers County authorities say the boat of 2 people who are missing after a trip to Oologah Lake has been found - but there is still no sign of the ...

Fire damages yacht at Daytona Beach marina
Orlando Sentinel - Orlando, FL, USA A yacht docked at the Halifax Harbor Marina, 450 Basin St., was damaged by fire this afternoon. Firefighters responded to the marina just after 12:30 pm, ...