Boating Safety and Accident News

Boating: How to secure your boat when a hurricane threatens
The News-Press Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:51 AM PDT The hurricane season is upon us, and the key to protecting your boat from hurricanes is planning, preparation and timely action.

Three rescued as boat sinks off Provincetown
Cape Cod Times Sun, 07 Jun 2009 23:04 PM PDT PROVINCETOWN â Three people were rescued from a sinking boat by a nearby boater six miles off Provincetown Saturday, according to a statement issued by the Coast Guard.

Boater Dies on Lake Palestine
KETK 56 Tyler Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:36 PM PDTvvLAKE PALESTINE - Smith County Game Warden, Chris Green, tells us a man died on Lake Palestine Sunday. Mr. Green says a 65 year-old man was out fishing on the lake early Sunday morning, and he may have fallen out of the boat and drowned. His body has been recovered.

2 rescued after catamaran starts to sink in Galveston Bay
Houston Chronicle - United States The Coast Guard received a call around 2:30 pm from a man who reported that the 19-foot catamaran he and a fellow boater were sailing on in Smith Point was ...

Body pulled from water next to sailboat7Online.com -
New York, NY, USA BROOKLYN (WABC) -- A body was discovered in the water next to a sailboat in a Brooklyn marina, and authorities are investigating if the victim fell ...

Woman is rescued after falling off boat
Sarasota Herald-Tribune - Sarasota, FL, USA SARASOTA - A 23-year-old woman was rescued from rough seas off of Longboat Key following a thunderstorm that washed her off her sailboat.

Rudder of capsized sailboat found near Little Squalicum Beach TheNewsTribune.com -
Tacoma, WA, USA The rudder of a sailboat that capsized in a sudden windstorm last week, apparently killing two Whatcom County men, was found Sunday afternoon, June 7, ...

Crews save boat from sinking at Portland festival
KOIN News 6 Portland Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:57 AM PDT PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - A restored Navy motor torpedo boat almost didn't survive the Portland Rose Festival. Petty Officer Shawn Eggert of the U.S. Coast Guard says the crew of PT 658 discovered flooding shortly after taking visitors on a short cruise Sunday.

Stranded boater rescued
Sarnia Observer Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:37 AM PDT LAMBTON SHORES - A disabled pleasure craft was located 35 miles west of Grand Bend on Lake Huron last Friday evening and towed to shore with the help of the U.S. Coast Guard. Lambton OPP report that on June 5 at approximately 7 p.[...]

Marianna mayor arrested
Dothan Eagle Mon, 08 Jun 2009 09:20 AM PDT The mayor of Marianna, Fla., was arrested and charged with boating under the influence Saturday evening and spent some time in the county jail that night before being released on the order of a judge.

Search For Missing Fisherman On Mississippi River
KPLR 11 St. Louis Mon, 08 Jun 2009 13:31 PM PDT Man Fell Overboard In St. Charles County A man who was fishing on the Mississippi River has fallen in and authorities are now searching for him. The man fell in to the river near the St. Louis Yacht Club, in St. Charles County. There were an unknown number of other fishermen in the boat at the time.

Two boys die during boating trip on Gunpowder River
Explore Baltimore County - Baltimore, MD, USA Bianchi and Collier had gone boating on the Gunpowder with a friend, Christopher Dennis, 17; his sister, Melissa Dennis, and their uncle and boat owner, ...

Five boaters charged with boating under the influence
WPDE - Myrtle Beach, SC, USA AP Video Five boaters have been charged with boating under the influence, all in the same area of Horry County. The Department of Natural Resources says ...

Florence boat explosion still under investigation
WAFF - Huntsville, AL, USA Not much is left of the 34-foot boat that exploded, and only a small portion was visible from the dock at Shoal Creek Monday morning. ...