Boating Safety And Accident News

Boating News:

Manatees on the move, boaters beware
Wink News
"We've got a lot of manatees, and with the boating activity increasing with this nice warm weather theres a lot of potential for encounters," said Grealish. As for Beyer, he hopes boaters pay more attention and give a little more respect to these ...

  Holiday boating speed zone hubbub may be the beginning of a bigger battle
Naples Daily News
Conservation Commission lawyers are poring through their files to try to figure out the status of the city's slow-speed zones, said Ryan Moreau, a planner in the state's boating and waterways enforcement section. "They're reviewing just about ...

 Minnesota DNR to intensify boat inspections, ticketing for invasive species
Pioneer Press
"We're not going to stop an interstate highway and check every boater going north on a Friday," he said. "We want to start small and target waters either that are infested or that we don't want to be infested." Konrad said township roads leading to ..

 All boats will face roadside checks
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Luke Croatt, left, and Scott Fitzgerald, conservation officers with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, inspected a boat on Mille Lacs Lake during a previous boating season. For the first time, Minnesota's 800000 boaters will encounter ...

Boating Safety News:

 Rare honor: Four CNY men receive boating safety award
Baldwinsville Messenger Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:36 AM PST
Four members of Syracuse Flotilla 21, two of whom hail from Baldwinsville, have been awarded the Recreational Boating Safety Device Award, announced U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 2 Commander Helen Lou Cummings of Utica

Nominations Needed For Boating Council
KMAS
The Commission is recruiting to fill three open seats on the Boating Safety Advisory Council in the areas of whitewater kayakers, personal watercraft owners and unaffiliated boaters. The deadline for submitting applications is Jan. 20. ...

 MRAA names new YLAC chairman
Boating Industry
He currently sits on the board of directors for the Boating Trades Association of Texas and his seat as YLAC chair earns him a spot on the MRAA Board of Directors. Hebert helped Texas Marine achieve Five Star Marine Industry Certified 
Dealership status ...

 Boating safety focus on Waitaki lakes
Timaru Herald
More crashes on Waitaki lakes will happen if maritime bylaws are ignored, boaties are being warned. It follows four people being injured when two boats collided on Lake Middleton, near Lake Ohau, on Monday afternoon. An Invercargill couple were towing

 Call for licensing after boating tragedy
Stuff.co.nz
... legal alcohol limits were set, and that Maritime New Zealand, along with the National Pleasure Boat Safety Forum and the New Zealand Jet Sports Boating Association, introduce a campaign for the voluntary wearing of helmets in high-risk activities. ...

 Summer boating accidents increase
ABC Online
Favourable weather has been blamed for an increase in the number of boating accidents in Tasmanian waters so far this summer. Marine And Safety Tasmania says three accidents along the east coast were a result of people are taking small vessels too far ...

 Taylor column: Enjoy safe boating and fishing this winter
Lakenewsonline.com
Obviously it's best to fish with a partner, but always ensure someone knows your boating/fishing plans and if they change, pass that information along. Climbing back into a boat with the extra weight and discomfort of cold wet clothes will be very ...

Boater Education:

  Safe boating course for youngsters set
Riverhead LOCAL
The Peconic Bay Power Squadron will present the “NYS Safe Boating Course”, beginning at 10 am on Jan. 14 at the Mattituck-Laurel Library in Mattituck. This course is designed for those 10-17 years of age, who plan to operate a boat alone on NY State ...

 Boater education a must for all born after Sept. 1, 1993
San Angelo Standard Times
SAN ANGELO, Texas — AUSTIN — Anyone looking forward to operating a motor-powered vessel, sailboat or personal watercraft on Texas public waters this year needs to have completed a state-approved boater education course if born after Sept. 1, 1993. ...

What's Up, Jan. 7, 2012
Coos Bay World
541-756-7243 America's Boating Course safe boating class begins, 6:30-8:30 pm, Mondays and Thursdays, four or five sessions depending on student needs, at Coos Bay Power Squadron, 90346 Guano Rock Road, Charleston. $35 includes book. .

Fatalities:

Dive team finds boater's body in Donner Lake
Sacramento Bee
The body of a boater reported missing Monday evening on Donner Lake has been recovered. About 11 am Wednesday, dive team members on one of the law enforcement boats involved in the search saw something underwater that caught their attention, 

Body of boater found
Victoria Times Colonist
The body of a boater missing from Todd Inlet since Boxing Day was found on the shore near Maple Bay Tuesday. Timothy Hollands, 52, of Brentwood Bay, was last seen Christmas Day rowing a dinghy out to his boat in Todd Inlet.

 Boater's body discovered near Maple Bay
Canada.com
By Sarah Simpson, Citizen January 6, 2012 The body of Brentwood Bay boater Timothy Hollands, 52, washed up on the shore near Maple Bay on Jan. 3, Sidney/North Saanich RCMP confirmed Wednesday. Hollands lived aboard his 30-foot boat at the mouth of Todd .

Boating Accidents:

  Chilean navy finds solo US sailor in South Pacific
Boston.com
The Chilean Navy located Corogin on his 32-foot sailboat more than 520 miles or 850 kilometers, south of Easter Island, stranded but in relatively stable weather, with ocean swells of about 15 feet or 5 meters. (AP Photo/Armada de Chile) By Eva Vergara 

 Emergency beacon, floating cooler helps save 4
Soundings Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:10 PM PST
Australian pleasure boater Scott Smiles grabbed his wallet, a distress beacon and a cooler before jumping off his sinking boat with a friend and their two 11-year-old boys. 

Fire destroys two yachts at Edmonds Marina
Edmonds Beacon
Two 50-foot motor yachts were destroyed in a two-alarm fire at the Edmonds Marina early Dec. 31. "Two boats moored next to each other were engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived and flames were shooting 50-feet in the air," said Leslie Hynes

Fishermen rescued from sinking vessel
NBC 2 Fort Myers Fri, 06 Jan 2012 10:04 AM PST
The US Coast Guard rescued three fishermen whose boat was disabled, adrift and taking on water Friday morning. 

 Royal yacht takes on water after door leak
UPI Sat, 07 Jan 2012 12:45 PM PST
EDINBURGH, Scotland, Jan. 7 (UPI) -- Emergency services pumped water from the Royal Yacht Britannia after it began listing while being transported from Edinburgh, Scotland, for repair work. 

 Boat capsizes in Delaware River near Kingwood; duck hunters swim to safety
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com
Four duck hunters swam to safety this morning when their boat capsized in the area. HUNTERDON COUNTY — A boat carrying four duck hunters capsized in the Delaware River near Kingwood early this morning, but all four passengers were able to swim to

 Fire guts boat in Shady Side
Annapolis Capital
Firefighters douse water on a 40-foot trailered boat named Bounty Hunter that caught fire Friday night at a marina on Ford Road in Shady Side. AP VIDEO more>> The cause of the fire and the extent of the damage remain under investigation, said Lt. Cliff