Boating Safety and Accident News

The news from yesterday:

Boating Safety Partners Encourage Boaters to Celebrate ...
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA By making sure everyone on a boat ride takes advantage of a life jacket by choosing to "Wear It!," boaters can take the No. 1 step toward greater water ...

Tips for making sure a fun trip to the lake is safe
Borger News-Herald Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:28 AM PDT We all like to take our kids out for a day on the water or at the lake. Boating with kids helps instill a love of nature and teaches valuable outdoor skills. Itâs one of lifeâs greatest joys. With that pleasure comes an awesome responsibility â keeping them safe.

Serious Weekend Accidents Spark Boater Safety
KPTM-TV - Omaha, NE, USA OMAHA (KPTM)- The recent boating deaths and drownings over the last month have local law enforcement officials on guard - especially with the Fourth of July ...

Officials crack down on boaters
Kern Valley Sun Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:36 AM PDT Recreational boaters may want to think twice before reaching for that cold beer this weekend. The National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard, launches Operation Dry Water the weekend of June 26 - 28, 2009. Operation Dry Water is an enforcement effort designed to highlight the dangers of operating a boat under the influence of ...

CRIME: DNREC agents arrest 15 in Operation Dry Water
The Daily Times Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:28 AM PDT From June 25 to 28, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's Fish and Wildlife Enforcement agents participated in Operation Dry Water, a national multi-state coordinated initiative aimed at reducing the number of alcohol-related boating accidents and fatalities and fostering a stronger and more visible deterrent to alcohol use on the water.

Drunken boaters nabbed at Lake Powell
Salt Lake Tribune - United States By Nate Carlisle Seventy-two Utah boaters were arrested or cited for alcohol or safety violations this weekend as part of a nationwide crackdown on unsafe ...

Temporary boating certificates for out-of-state visitors
KRCG - Jefferson City,MO,USABut now that Missouri requires some people to have a certificate in order to drive a boat, we wanted to know what happens when people from out-of-state rent ...

New boating regulations for Lake Powell
Emery County Progress - Castle Dale, UT, USA Through this interagency effort, boaters arriving to Lake Powell will be required to be screened by National Park Service (NPS) personnel or designated ...

New Coast Guard system already passed first test
Jacksonville Daily News Tue, 30 Jun 2009 15:33 PM PDT ATLANTIC BEACH - When a mayday call was made by a boater south of Bogue Inlet last week, the Coast Guard's new Rescue 21 communications system proved its effectiveness.

Boating Accidents

Distressed boaters rescued
WBBH - Fort Myers, FL, USA COLLIER COUNTY: Three men were rescued by a boater after their boat capsized, according to officials with the Collier County Sheriff's Office. ...

Boater missing in Clarence Strait
Anchorage Daily News - Anchorage, AK, USA JUNEAU -- The Coast Guard was searching Monday for a Coffman Cove man who was missing after his powered canoe turned up with no sign of him. ...

Pair rescued after yacht beaches
BBC News - UK A man and his heavily pregnant daughter were rescued by coastguards after their yacht ran aground in Cornwall. The pair, from Fowey, were on their way from ...

Yacht towed to safety off Cork coast
Irish Times - Dublin, Ireland Ballycotton lifeboat was launched this morning at 6:20am to a yacht experiencing difficulties 1.5 miles southwest of Ballycotton lighthouse. ...

70-Foot Yacht Hits Bonner Bridge Electronic Captain
By admin (witn) Scary moments for those onboard a 70-foot yacht Thursday morning after it collided with the Bonner Bridge. The Coast Guard says the "Inger" struck a piling on the first span of the bridge over the Oregon Inlet. ...Electronic Captain - Your source... - http://www.ecaptain.com/

Jack Moffly rescued at sea by fellow boaters
Greenwich Time - Greenwich, CT, USA By Debra Friedman The head of Moffly Publications was rescued from sea Sunday afternoon by fellow boaters after police said Jack Moffly fell overboard,

Coast Guard rescues boater near rocks
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland, OH, USA CLEVELAND — The US Coast Guard helped to rescue a boater who had crashed his boat into rocks near Edgewater Park, officials said Monday.

USA. Coast Guard rescues four from capsized sailboat
BYM News (press release) - Gibraltar, Spain The US Coast Guard rescued four people from a capsized sailing vessel in Oswego, NY, at approximately 5:45 pm, Monday. Coast Guard Station Oswego launched ...

Boys, 15, rescued from Lake Ontario
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada The Coast Guard brought the boys to shore and they were taken to St. Catharines General Hospital. The sailboat drifted away and has not yet been found.

High wind contributes to fatal sailboat accident
LaSalle News Tribune - La Salle, IL, USA By Shannon Crawley-Serpette Kenneth W. Rickey, 69, of 1011 Sunset Drive, died after falling overboard from a sailboat on the lake, accord-ing to Sgt. Robert ...

3 rescued from sinking boat off Naples
NBC 15 Mobile Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:17 AM PDT Three fishermen are recovering after being rescued by the Coast guard off the coast of southwest Florida.

Police Briefs
Lowell Sun Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:03 AM PDT Two Lowell men rescued from river NEWBURYPORT -- The Coast Guard rescued two Lowell men from the water Saturday night after their vessel capsized at the mouth of the Merrimack River. A good Samaritan on the recreational vessel Fanatic notified the Coast Guard at 8:42 p.

BREAKING: Judge won't remove DA's office from fatal sailboat crash case
Lake County News Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:32 AM PDT LAKEPORT A judge ruled on Tuesday that he would not recuse the Lake County District Attorney's Office from prosecuting a Carmichael man for vehicular manslaughter and boating under the influence in connection with a fatal 2006 sailboat crash on Clear Lake.

Student at Maranatha dies in boating accident
Watertown Daily Times Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:17 AM PDT A 19-year-old Maranatha Baptist Bible College student died last week following a boating accident, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources

Lincoln County Emergency personnel respond to boating accident
Star Valley Independent Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:58 AM PDT A weekend boating accident has claimed the life of an Idaho man. According to the Lincoln County Sheriffâs Office, Arthur Craig McCuistion, age 50 from Rexburg, was pronounced dead at St. Johnâs Hospital in Jackson on Saturday. He was one of four people that had been retrieved from the Snake River above Alpine after their [...]

Chickamauga Lake Leads State in Boat Accidents BUI Arrests Up Significantly
The Chattanoogan Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:53 AM PDT The Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency reports that Chickamauga Lake leads the state in boating accidents in 2009. Chickamauga Lake has 10 accidents reported in 2009.

Two injured in boating accident
MLive.com Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:07 AM PDT A two-boat crash on Spencer Township's Bass Lake sent two people to the hospital June 21. According to Officer Ted Albrecht, of the Kent County Sheriff Department, the two boats ran into each other around 8:45 p.m. while cruising on the lake.

Drunk man crashes boat in Winona
KTTC - Rochester, MN, USA The chief deputy says Harnish lost control of his 14-foot fishing boat and ran into a pontoon boat that was docked... but he could have run into a group of ...

Sea Scouts pulled from leaky boat in delta
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA(06-30) 14:22 PDT CONCORD -- More than two dozen Sea Scouts were rescued by the Coast Guard today after their boat began taking on water in the ...

Boat Fires

Fire damages yacht in LA Harbor this morning
Daily Breeze Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:03 AM PDT A fire damaged a yacht in Los Angeles Harbor early this morning but no injuries were reported, a fire official said.