Boating Safety and Accident News

Hawley hosts Boater Safety Course June 20
The Daily News Online - Batavia, NY, USA''This summer, I encourage everyone to rediscover their own backyard and am inviting all boaters to join me at this free and informative event. ...

Boaters Beware! InjuryBoard.com -
Tampa, FL, USA According to an article entitled “Boat Safe without the Influence of Drugs and Alcohol” describes boater's hypnosis as follows: Boaters are exposed to ...

Boating Safety Training in Iowa - 90% of water related deaths don ... InjuryBoard.com -
Tampa, FL, USA The State of Iowa Safe Boating Course is taught by members of Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 4.The last class was held at the Lake Red Rock Visitors Center ...

Lake Hopatcong area boating course
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Newark, NJ, USA Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 10-20 will offer a safe boating course on Saturday, June 20, at the Jefferson Township Fire Company No. 2 in Lake Hopatcong. ...

Texas officials urge safety as boating-related deaths climb
Dallas Morning News - Dallas, TX, USA Campos said strong wind has played a role in a number of boating deaths this year. "This is the time of the year when the wind picks up but people want to ...

Effort stresses sober boating
Alton Telegraph - Alton, IL, USA Designated drivers are a good idea for motorists - and an even better idea for boaters. That was the theme of a news conference Friday at St. Charles' ...

Local Warden Recognized For Boat Safety Work; Up For National Award
Tyler Morning Telegraph - Tyler, TX, USA The award also noted Green's accident re-enactment skills that led to the indictment of a boater on a charge of criminally negligent homicide following a ...

Heed advice to be safe this boating season
Hilton Head Island Packet - Hilton Head Island, SC, USA Willis of DNR strongly suggests taking a DNR-approved boater safety course. He said the courses, which usually cover safety equipment and the rules of ...

Safety decals for boaters aim to avoid repeat inspections
The Buffalo News Sun, 14 Jun 2009 04:11 AM PDT The Erie County Sheriff's Office will begin issuing dated inspection decals that show compliance with state boating safety requirements, Sheriff Timothy B. Howard has announced.

Boating safety course
Baltimore Sun Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:43 AM PDT Course and test to be held 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday will cover guidelines of law to operate a boat in Maryland waters. Ages 10 to adult. Cost is $25 per person. Register with the Annapolis Recreation and Parks Department by calling 410-263-7958 or go to

DNR cracking down on boating and drinking
WPDE - Myrtle Beach, SC, USA AP Video By Graeme Moore The SC Department of Natural Resources says a recent spike in reports of boating under the influence has prompted a renewed ...

Officials team to curb boating DUIs
Monroe News Star - Monroe, LA, USA Officers from both agencies will patrol the area's bayous and lakes, looking for alcohol in the hands of young boaters in hopes of stopping a fatal problem ...

Boater in Placer County reservoir missing
San Diego Union-Tribune Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:19 PM PDT Authorities plan to resume searching at sunrise for a San Jose man whose boat capsized in a Northern California reservoir.

Local News
Wetaskiwin Times Advertiser Fri, 12 Jun 2009 08:37 AM PDT On Sunday May 31st, 2009 at approximately 6:06 PM the Wetaskiwin RCMP responded to a distressed boater located 1.5 KM south of Mulhurst Bay on Pigeon Lake.

Small boat capsizes near James River Bridge
Daily Press Fri, 12 Jun 2009 07:54 AM PDT Emergency crews from Newport News and the U.S. Coast Guard are assisting a boater whose vessel capsized this morning near the James River Bridge.

OPP search for missing boater on Lake Erie
CKCO - Kitchener, Canada One man is missing off the shores of Point Pelee after a small fishing boat capsized. According to police, both men are in their seventies and both were ...

UPDATE: Bodies of Missing Boaters Found in Mullet Lake : News ...
The bodiesof missing boaters, Orbie and Billi Jo Longway have been found in Mullet Lake. The couple was reported missing after they went out in their canoe Tuesday night and did not return.

Good Samaritan rescues 2 people off North Carolina coast Coast ...
By cgnews TOPSAIL BEACH, NC - Good Samaritans aboard the Eli Mar, a 28-foot Down East, rescued two people from a sinking sailboat in the vicinity of New Topsail Inlet.

Fisherman killed in boat accident
Cape Cod Times Sat, 13 Jun 2009 04:32 AM PDT BOSTON The Coast Guard says a commercial fisherman has died after getting hit on the head by a piece of equipment off the coast of Massachusetts.

Ex-Gophers halfback Billy Bye drowns while boating
San Diego Union-Tribune Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:13 AM PDT Billy Bye, a halfback at Minnesota in the 1940s, has drowned in a boating accident. He was 81.

Rescue teams search for SJ boater
KGO-TV Bay Area Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:29 PM PDT Rescue teams have searching for a San Jose man who disappeared after his boat capsized.

Yacht destroyed in blaze at dock in Pompano Beach Sun-Sentinel.com -
Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA Pompano Beach - A 46-foot yacht docked behind a home in Pompano Beach was destroyed in a fire Saturday morning. The boat owner had refueled his craft and ...

Man Arrested For Boating Under Influence, Being Belligerent
WITN 7 North Carolina Sun, 14 Jun 2009 10:06 AM PDT A Coast Guard boat crew in Virginia put a man in handcuffs early Sunday morning for "boating under the Influence and being belligerent ear Gloucester Point, Virginia."

Rescuers help two boats in distress in Puget Sound near Everett and off Ebey Island
Everett Herald Sun, 14 Jun 2009 00:16 AM PDT EVERETT -- Rescue crews responded to a boating accident and a distress call Saturday evening. Island County Fire and Rescue crews were called about 6 p.m. to a sailboat in Puget Sound near Everett, according to a U.S. Coast Guard spokesman.

Boat capsizes near Lake Murray Dam
WIS - Columbia, SC, USA LEXINGTON, SC (WIS) - Department of Natural Resources officials say they are investigating what happened to cause a boat to capsize on Lake Murray Sunday ...

Boat flips, killing Colo. man, injuring 3 others
KTIV - Sioux City, IA, USA The Nebraska Game and Parks Commission's Dennis Thompson says the 28-foot boat was speeding across the center of the Western Nebraska reservoir when the ...

Coast Guard rescues 3 from sinking boat in Severn River Coast ...
By cgnews BALTIMORE - The Coast Guard rescued three people from a sinking boat in the Severn River Saturday. Wayne Hutchins, the owner/operator of a 26-foot Bayliner,Coast Guard News - http://coastguardnews.com/