Boating Safety and Accident News

Life jackets: A sure bet on board
The Myrtle Beach Sun News Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:00 PM PDT With boater fatalities on a record pace statewide, officials are stressing the use of life jackets as the peak boating season gets under way.

New Program Focuses on Safe Boating
MyWabashValley - Terre Haute, IN, USA Boaters had a beautiful day to enjoy the open water. Conservation officers made sure everyone boated safely. The Department of Natural Resources kicked off ...

Dog notes: Be prepared when taking dogs out on a boat
Providence Journal - Providence, RI, USA BY JAN GREGORY So you're thinking of taking Spot out with you the next time you take the boat out. People aren't the only beings who should wear a life ...

SC Lawyer Offers Safety Tips for Boating Season
PR Web (press release) - Ferndale, WA,USA Increase in boating activity also means more accidents and injuries, says South Carolina lawyer Bert Louthian. Columbia, South Carolina (PRWEB) June 6, ...

Boozing, boats and black holes
Globe and Mail - Canada THE ANSWER: “Boating regulations with respect to drinking do not differentiate between a power boat and a sailboat,” writes Tony Cook, commander of the ...

Boat accident prompts safety reminders
Pahrump Valley Times - Pahrump, NV, USA After several fatal accidents on the Colorado River System over Memorial Day Weekend, The Nevada Department of Wildlife reminds boaters to both boat sober ...

Tylerite Named Officer Of Year By Boating Law Administrators' Group
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Tyler, TX, USA Texas Game Warden Chris Green of Tyler was recognized in Austin as the Southern States Boating Law Administrators' Association Officer of the Year. ...

How to secure your boat when a hurricane threatens
The News-Press - Fort Myers, FL, USA The hurricane season is upon us, and the key to protecting your boat from hurricanes is planning, preparation and timely action. Your plan should include ...

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Nothing found after distress call
Times Herald Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:57 AM PDT A single-line distress call, "Mayday, mayday, hello," kicked off a three-hour Coast Guard search involving a helicopter from Sandusky, Ohio, and boats from the Coast Guard Sector Detroit, said Petty Officer Jason Rice, the sector's search and rescue controller.

Missing boater found
News On 6 Tulsa Fri, 05 Jun 2009 21:03 PM PDT Associated Press - June 5, 2009 11:45 PM ET CHELSEA, Okla. (AP) - Authorities say a woman who had been missing since a trip with a friend to Oologah Lake has been found.

Body in Lake Washington may be missing boater
Seattle Times Fri, 05 Jun 2009 20:52 PM PDT Authorities say a body found in Lake Washington is believed to be that of a 50-year-old man who apparently fell into the lake from a boat near Kirkland.

Boater Rescued from Warrick Co. Lake
FOX 7 WTVW Evansville Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:35 PM PDT A boating accident at the Bluegrass Fish and Wildlife Area in Warrick County calls for an afternoon water rescue. And, emergency crews say there's a lesson in boat safety to take away from this.

Missing boater recovered in Ottawa River
CBC Ottawa Fri, 05 Jun 2009 08:24 AM PDT The body of one of two international students who went missing after taking a rubber dinghy out on to the Ottawa River has been found, Ottawa police said Thursday.

4 Boaters Rescued 10 Miles Off Coast News4Jax.com -
Jacksonville, FL, USA The boaters reported engine failure and the vessel was taking on water. "We were just bailing and the water kept coming in. The boat got deeper and deeper. ...

Man dies after fall from sailboat mast
Hamilton Spectator - Hamilton, ON, Canada Police say two men were repairing the mast on the docked sailboat at about 11 am at the Port Maitland Road facility. The mast is estimated to be about nine ...

Woman dies in boating accident
Macon Telegraph Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:39 AM PDT Emergency crews are searching the Echeconnee Creek on the Bibb County-Houston County line following a boating accident Saturday morning.

High drama on the high sea when fishing boat sinks near Sabine Pass
KHOU - Houston, TX, USA We have a boat sinking. Come in," was the desperate sound coming into Coast Guard Headquarters. Then they heard this: “Abandon ship! ...

Man rescued from Holmes Lake
Lincoln Journal Star - Lincoln, Nebraska, USA By the Lincoln Journal Star Lincoln firefighters with the help of a citizen rescued an unidentified man whose small sailboat overturned at Holmes Lake ...

Man rescued from sinking sail boat near Wind Point
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Sat, 06 Jun 2009 22:10 PM PDT Racine A man was rescued by the Racine County Sheriff's patrol boat Saturday afternoon after his sail boat struck a reef in Lake Michigan and began taking on water.

Outdoors writer dies in accident The New Zealand Herald Sun, 07 Jun 2009 10:02 AM PDT Award-winning journalist, author and adventurer Colin Moore has died after a boating accident in the Far North. Moore, in his 60s, was holidaying at his family bach at Taupo Bay when the incident happened, about 5.30pm on Friday. It...

3 injured after boat explodes at Marina
WHNT - Huntsville, AL, USA (AP) — One woman suffered facial burns and two others were injured Saturday after a 34-foot boat exploded at the fueling dock at Marina Mar in Florence. ...

Men clung to tree after boat sank
Winston-Salem Journal - Winston-Salem, NC, USA Their boat had sunk and they had been in the water about an hour when they were rescued. Melinda Vestal, the chief of the Yadkin County Rescue Squad, ...