Boating Safety and Accident News

June 26-28 Operation Dry Water. http://operationdrywater.org/
"Curbing the number of alcohol-related accidents and fatalities is a key to achieving safer and more enjoyable recreational boating. In 2007, Coast Guard statistics indicate that 21% of all boating fatalities were a result of alcohol use. This continues an upward trend in the percentage of fatalities where alcohol was the primary cause of the accident. "

Boating safety class begins Tuesday
Sand Mountain Reporter - Albertville, AL, USA The US Coast Guard Auxiliary will offer its Boating Skills and Seamanship course at the Guntersville Public Library. The US Coast Guard Auxiliary's Boating ...

Safety is key to rewarding boating season
Worcester Telegram & Gazette Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:42 AM PDT Death on the water undercuts the joy of every boating season. Too many immature boaters - and that has nothing to do with age - get into their crafts having undergone a reverse mental metamorphosis. You know the ones who think boating is strictly playtime, a moment for neither rules, thought, nor responsibility. For them, the "S" word is never safety.

Boating deaths rise
The Daily Mining Gazette Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:48 AM PDT LANSING - A new report says boating deaths in Michigan last year reached a six-year high, with 36 fatalities reported. The Michigan Association of Insurance Agents said in its annual report the 36 deaths in 2008 is up from 35 the year before and the most since 2002, when 38 deaths were reported. Boating accidents also increased last year, to 201 from 193 reported in 2007.

Boating Fatalities Down as Spring Turns to Summer - Jesse's ...
By TX P&W RSS Feed AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials have noted a drop in boating fatalities after a rash of accidents in March signaled.Jesse's Hunting & Outdoors Forum - http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/

NC law may effect SC boaters on Lake Wylie
WBTV Charlotte Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:56 PM PDT LAKE WYLIE, SC (WBTV) A new boating bill in the North Carolina state House might make it tougher for them to hit the waves in the future. The bill would force anyone born in 1984 or later to take special boater education classes to operate any vessel with 10 or more horsepower.

Buy a boat sticker or pay $100 fine, it's your choice
Lake County Record-Bee - Lakeport, CA, USA Effective immediately any boater who is on the lake and doesn't have a current sticker will receive a citation from the LCSO Boat Patrol. ...

Stay sober at the helm
Soundings Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:48 AM PDT Operation Dry Water is a coordinated, national weekend of boating under the influence (BUI) detection and enforcement aimed at reducing the number of alcohol-related accidents and fatalities and fostering a stronger and more visible deterrent to alcohol use on the water.

Colorado River boaters (who drink) beware Operation Dry Water
Los Angeles Times - CA, USA Summer is at hand and the Colorado River, long a favored party spot for boaters, is becoming increasingly crowded. But the era in which boaters could freely ...

State Marine Law Enforcement Officials Crack Down on Boating Under ...
Duluth Weekly - Duluth, GA, USA Alcohol can impair a boater's judgment, balance, vision and reaction time. It can increase fatigue and susceptibility to the effects of cold-water immersion ...

Staying safe on the lake: Boaters, swimmers should be wary of ...
McDuffie Mirror - Thomson, GA, USA In some cases, such offenders can lose their license for up to a year, have to pay a hefty fine and ordered to attend boater safety class. ...

Additional sailing school spots available
Business Examiner Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:54 AM PDT others also read... Because of the terrific interest from Bowen families, BC Sailing has expanded our Mobile Optimist Sailing School (hosted by the Bowen Island Yacht Club from June 29 â July 3) so that we can have more boats, an additional instructor, and register eight more students.

Injured boater rescued by Clinton firefighters
The Middletown Press Thu, 18 Jun 2009 20:29 PM PDT CLINTON Rescuers from five agencies in four communities searched Long Island Sound for an injured person in an adrift vessel Tuesday night before Clinton Volunteer Fire Department members found the boat 1.5 miles offshore near Meigs Point at Hammonasset Beach State Park in Madison.

Boater who seriously injured teen kayaker gets $343 ticket TheNewsTribune.com -
Tacoma, WA,USA Under state law, boaters are required to operate their vessels “so as not to unduly or unreasonably endanger life, limb, property or other rights of any ...

3 Rescued From Boat In Everett Harbor
KIRO 7 Seattle-Tacoma Fri, 19 Jun 2009 07:46 AM PDT EVERETT, Wash. -- A Good Samaritan and the Coast Guard rescued three people from a boat that was taking on water in Everett Harbor Friday morning. The boat later capsized at the mouth of the Snohomish River.

Father dies in boating accident
Parker Chronicle Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:41 AM PDT A fun day on the lake turned tragic for a family in Parker after a fatal boating accident.

Driver in boat collision legally drunk
2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge, LA,USA By KORAN ADDO NEW ROADS — The boat driver who died along with two friends in a collision on False River last month was legally drunk at the time,

Tom Brady Rescued After Kayaking Accident
Celebuzz - Hollywood, CA, USA Local schoolteacher Robin Leeds, who fished Brady out of the drink, recalls, "We were tying up our boat to a buoy and the boat boy came over and said, ...

Boat Fires

Houseboat destroyed on Table Rock Lake
The Springfield News-Leader Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:02 AM PDT A houseboat was destroyed by a fire and explosion Thursday on Table Rock Lake, the Missouri Water Patrol said.