Boating Safety and Accident News

Welcome back. I hope all of you had a wonderful Independence Day celebration. As has happened in the past, the 4th of July is turning out to be a deadly day for boating.

Outdoors calendar
The Oregonian Sun, 05 Jul 2009 06:08 AM PDT All programs free, unless noted. Boating Boater safety course: Class leading to the Oregon boater education card; 9:30a.m.-4:30 p.m. July 18; Fisherman's Marine and Outdoor, 1120 N. Hayden Meadows Drive. Cost: $10; Contact: Leroy Bentley, 503-629-2026, or bentley16@verizon.net. Boater safety...

LEWIS COUNTY: Boater certification offered in Chehalis
The Olympian - Olympia, WA, USA As of January 2008, the state requires boaters younger than 26 to have a boating-safety card when operating a boat with a motor of 15 horsepower or more. ...

Five Steps To Safe Boating Activities
Yankton Press & Dakotan Mon, 06 Jul 2009 10:03 AM PDT PIERRE Tubing, skiing and kneeboarding can be great ways to spend a summer afternoon; but, like other water sports, there are some inherent dangers in being pulled behind a boat. Charlie Wharton, Law Enforcement and Boating Safety Specialist for the South Dakota Game Fish and Parks Department has some safety tips for people who participate in those activities.

NH Marine Patrol warns of debris in rivers
New England Cable News Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:45 PM PDT CONWAY, N.H. (AP) - The police chief in West Ossipee, N.H., says he's working to deter inexperienced boaters to enter the Bearcamp River after a rash of weekend canoe and kayak capsizings due to high water levels and too much debris. At the time the river was running unusually high, fast and cold due to recent storms, West Ossipee Fire Chief Brad Eldridge told WMWV-FM he saw logs, a picnic table ...

Alcohol believed to be a factor in Ladysmith boat crash
CHEK News Sun, 05 Jul 2009 08:47 AM PDT Ladysmith RCMP believe alcohol to be a factor in a late-night boating crash Saturday that left one man with cuts to the arm and head. Just after midnight, police and the Coast Guard responded to a mayday signal from Ladysmith Harbour.

Developing: Crews search for missing boater in Grainger Co.
WBIR-TV - Knoxville, TN, USA Rescue crews are searching for a missing boater near the German Creek Bridge in Grainger County. That bridge runs across the stretch of water where German ...

Coast Guard plucks French kayaker from Bering Sea
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:23 AM PDT ANCHORAGE - A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter has rescued a French kayaker who became fatigued in the Bering Sea during his quest to circumnavigate the world.

Coast Guard Rescues Family of Three
NBC Washington Sun, 05 Jul 2009 09:10 AM PDT The Silver Spring family was located early this morning.

Man loses foot in Sheridan Lake boating accident
Rapid City Journal - Rapid City, SD, USA By AP Sunday, July 05, 2009 The man was hit by the propeller of a boat that passed too close, and the man's foot was severed above the ankle. ...

NEW Ellensburg woman loses lower part of leg in boating accident
Yakima Herald-Republic - Yakima, WA, USA A 20-year-old Ellensburg woman lost her lower leg after a boating accident Saturday evening on the Columbia River, Kittitas County sheriff's deputies said. ...

Hero emerges as four thrown from sinking boat
Gaston Gazette - Gastonia, NC, USA KINGS MOUNTAIN - What started out as a day of fun spent with friends at Moss Lake turned into a scary incident this past weekend when the boat the four ...

Divers hit by speeding boat off Hollywood Beach MiamiHerald.com -
Miami,FL,USA BY JOSE PAGLIERY A boat traveling dangerously close to the Hollywood Beach shore slammed into two divers Sunday morning before gunning its engines and ...

Family Pulled From Distressed Boat On East River
NY1 - NY, USA Four adults and three children were plucked from a recreational boat that began to take on water and was on the verge of capsizing. An FDNY patrol responded ...

Cops: Boozy boater sailed toward fireworks
Boston Herald Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:26 PM PDT WEST YARMOUTH - A five-time convicted drunken driver from Hyannis was busted for boozed-up boating Saturday after allegedly steering his boat into a fireworks security area. ...

BLOTTER BLOTTER
Bluffton Today Sun, 05 Jul 2009 18:34 PM PDT By LAURA VOGEL During the check, the deputy discovered that the man did not have enough life jackets onboard for the number of passengers he was carrying. When the deputy brought this to the boaterâs attention, he indicated that he knew already â being that the DNR officer who had pulled him over earlier told him the same thing.

NY man dies after boat capsizes during regatta
The Associated Press Suffolk County police say John Everitt was participating in the 83rd Annual Babylon Yacht Club Sailboat Regatta when the boat suddenly capsized at noon ...

Boat crash leaves 3 hurt Canada.com -
Don Mills, Ontario, Canada "(The sailboat occupants) seriously thought the other people were dead," said Ladysmith Marine Rescue Society president Jeremy Lupien, who was at the scene ...

Oswego Coast Guard Stages Two Rescues In A Week
Oswego County Today Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:33 AM PDT Oswego's Coast Guard station has had a busy week. Saturday, they resuced two men swept by waves into Lake Ontario and earlier in the week, they rescued four people from a capsized boat.

Authorities ID victim of Flathead boating crash
Great Falls Tribune Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:55 AM PDT KALISPELL Flathead County officials have identified a Whitefish man killed during a Fourth of July boating accident on Flathead Lake.

Boats collide in the harbor
Huron Daily Tribune Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:30 AM PDT HARBOR BEACH â A boating accident near the harbor Sunday morning left two men sore but feeling rather lucky to have escaped serious injury.

Man loses foot in boating accident
KTVB Boise Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:36 AM PDT IDAHO -- A man riding a Sea-Doo lost his foot when he tried to avoid crashing into a Sea-Ray. Brynne Malone, 48, of Deer Park, Wash., was approaching the Sea-Ray when he realized he was on a collision course.

CO. teen dies in river near Moab
KJCT 8 Grand Junction Mon, 06 Jul 2009 05:16 AM PDT A Colorado teenager has died while rafting a turbulent stretch of the Colorado River near Moab. The Grand County Sheriff's Office says the 17-year-old Fraser boy was on a raft that flipped Saturday afternoon in an area called "Funnel Falls."

Man arrested in Bethel Island boating accident
San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA By Paula King A 48-year-old man who crashed a boat into a Bethel Island levee Friday night has been arrested on suspicion of operating a vessel under the ...

Boat crash kills 2 in southeast Missouri
Kansas City Star - MO, USA Two people from Poplar Bluff are dead after two boats collided on the Current River in southeast Missouri. The Missouri State Water Patrol on Monday ...

Boat Fires

2 escape injury in South Fla. boat explosion
MiamiHerald.com - Miami, FL, USA Authorities say a boat owner and his passenger escaped without injuries when an explosion occurred on a 20-foot pleasure craft in South Florida. Capt. ...

Fish Vessel Catches Fire
Voice of the Common Man Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:07 AM PDT Seven people are safe aboard a Coast Guard vessel, after a fishing boat went ablaze overnight. The Ocean Commander was 156 nautical miles off the coast. The crew abandoned ship into lifeboats, and were picked up by a coast guard vessel that happened to be nearby. All are okay.

Family Safe After Folsom Lake Boat Fire News10.net -
Sacramento, CA, USA Sunday morning, the boat caught fire while off of the shore of Mother's Island. "We heard a little noise," said Lanham, "in hindsight now we realize it was ...

Boat burns, sinks in Alafia channel
MyFox Tampa Bay - Tampa, FL, USA RIVERVIEW - Rescuers rushed to the scene of a small boat fire today on the eastern shore of Tampa Bay. Boats from Hillsborough County Fire Rescue, ...