Boating Safety and Accident News

Boating News:

Time to renew 2011 boat decals
Everett Herald Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:31 AM PDT
We're right in the beginning stages of the summer boating season, but the deadline for renewing your boat registration decals is coming up fast. In Washington State, all boat registrations expire on June 30.?

What are the top 10 boating states?
USA Today
One popular spot for Sunshine State boaters: Cedar Key, a Gulf of Mexico village known for its bird and wildlife refuge and its October redfish season. Texas: The marina at Corpus Christi, a coastal city located in South Texas, makes an excellent base ..

Pennsylvania DEP Finds Zebra Mussels in Conneaut Lake; Boaters, Anglers Cautioned
PR Newswire (press release)
MEADVILLE, Pa., June 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Boaters and anglers are being asked to take steps to prevent the further spread of zebra mussels after the Department of Environmental Protection discovered the nuisance species in Conneaut Lake,

Local anglers asked to help protect Sound from invasive species
TheDay.com
Safe-boating courses offered by the state Department of Environmental Protection include a section on preventing the introduction of invasive species. That message is also mentioned in DEP boaters' and anglers' guides, available at marinas and bait ...?

Boating Safety News:

Water Safety Tips for Kids and Parents
FOX 9 News Twin Cities Mon, 13 Jun 2011 08:44 AM PDT
There are several tips parents should keep in mind when they take their kids to the pool and beach this summer. First and foremost, Lifetime Fitness aquatics manager Alicia Kockler says all kids should have a US Coast Guard-approved life jacket.?

Watching the water
Bowling Green Daily News Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:57 AM PDT
One day late last week, a teenage girl and a young woman were adrift on a boating tube at the opening of one of the busiest channels on Barren River Lake.?

New Law Targets Drunken Boaters
WFSB Hartford
A new law aimed at boaters mirrors the penalties to anyone caught and convicted of drunken driving on the road. The new law, which was approved by lawmakers and sent to Gov. Dannel Malloy to sign, follows a deadly boating crash in Guilford in 2009 when

Safe boating tips from Station Rockland
knox.VillageSoup.com
Boaters should know the operational requirements of their craft and the rules of the road, he said. Different types of boats are regulated in different ways. Arnsdorf said the best way to learn what safety gear is needed for a specific boat,

Operation Dry Water' targets drunk boaters
Charleston Gazette (blog)
Natural Resources Police Officers with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (DNR) will participate in Operation Dry Water and will be out in force June 24-26 looking for boaters whose Blood Alcohol Content exceeds the state limit of .08

Coast Guard: 9 Deaths In 2 Weeks On Mid-Atlantic Waters
WBAL-TV Baltimore Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:38 AM PDT
Coast Guard officials are reminding residents about boating and beach safety after a series of fatal accidents.?

Boating advisory issued for Lewis and Clark Lake
Sioux City Journal
YANKTON, SD -- The US Army Corps of Engineers has issued a boating advisory for all vessels on Lewis and Clark Lake near Yankton. Boaters are urged to use extreme caution and be on the lookout for floating logs and other debris washing into the lake

Coast Guard: Missing NJ boat case is possible hoax
USA Today
Search boats, planes and helicopters were dispatched to find four people who radioed authorities for help early Tuesday morning, saying their boat was sinking near Sandy Hook Bay and they were getting in a dinghy. The search was called off in the

Boater Education:

Boater's Safety Class
WSAW
... to complete a boating safety course to legally operate a motorized boat or personal watercraft (PWC). Even if you are not required to have a safety certification card, earning one can save you money on boat insurance and make you a safer boater.

Sports briefs for west St. Tammany Parish
New Orleans Times-Picayune Tue, 14 Jun 2011 10:13 AM PDT
SPORTS ROUNDUP boating LDWF education class set for Saturday Recreation District No. 1 and the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries will host a free boating education class on Saturday from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. The classes are...?

New Hanover County News & Notes - Portable planetarium; boating course; Y ...
StarNewsOnline.com
It is never too late to learn about safe boating activities. Under the new North Carolina Boating Safety Act, which went into effect May 2010, all operators under 26 years of age are required to take a boating course and have a certificate in their .

Fatalities:

Boater's body recovered from Ohio River
Pittsburgh Post Gazette
A recreational boater found his body Saturday afternoon near Griffith Island. Division of Natural Resources Cpl. Steve Himmelrick says the body was sent to the state medical examiner's office for an autopsy. Mr. Rood and Scott McCumar fell out of the ...

Body found in Snake River in western Idaho likely missing boater
Greenfield Daily Reporter
AP WEISER, Idaho ? Authorities in western Idaho say they have found a body in the Snake River in western Idaho that they believe is the father of a 2-year-old girl who drowned June 3 when their boat sank. The Washington County Sheriff's Office says ...

Man presumed drowned at Clear Lake
CBC Manitoba Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:02 AM PDT
RCMP divers are searching Clear Lake for the body of a 42-year-old man who is presumed drowned following a boating mishap Sunday.?

Body of 2nd man found at lake
CBC Saskatchewan Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:45 AM PDT
RCMP have recovered the body of a man from Amisk Lake in northern Saskatchewan - the second victim of a weekend boating accident.

Man drowns at popular Will County boating spot
The Herald News Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:22 AM PDT
An elderly Chicago Heights man apparently drowned while another man is missing after the two head out on a fishing boat Sunday evening at a popular boating spot in far eastern Will County near Monee, authorities said.The man was pronounced dead at 12:40 a.m. after apparently falling into the Monee Reservoir at 27341 S. Ridgeland Ave., the Will County Coroner?s office said.He was identified ...?

Kiefer woman dies after boating accident at Lake Carl Blackwell near Stillwater
Stillwater NewsPress Mon, 13 Jun 2011 09:02 AM PDT
Lori Venable, 32, died early this morning at OU Medical Center.?

One dies in Montcalm County boating accident
The Morning Sun
A Greenville man died Sunday in a boating accident on a small, unnamed lake west of South Sheridan Road and East Boyer Road in Fairplain Township. The Daily News of Greenville and The Grand Rapids Press report Don Sargeant, 39, died after falling into ...

2 die at north Florida lake
MiamiHerald.com
The Marion County Sheriff's Office reports that a woman and a child were swimming off a boat in Lake Weir Monday when the woman began having trouble. The woman's brother-in-law jumped into help and got the child back to the boat. ...

Divers find missing boater dead under boat that capsized off Boynton Beach; 11 ...
Palm Beach Post
The Sheriff's divers arrived at the capsized boat at 8 am and within the hour found the body of that missing boater submerged underneath the wreckage, Ameen said. The Coast Guard is still interviewing those who were on the boat to determine where ...

High Ridge man dies on Big River while boating
St. Louis Post-Dispatch Tue, 14 Jun 2011 07:35 AM PDT
John S. Benz, 63, was trying to free his boat from rocks when he started having trouble breathing.?

Coast Guard: Boat that capsized off Riviera Beach may have been carrying ...
Palm Beach Post
By Sonja Isger It appears that the boat that capsized off Palm Beach County shores overnight killing one person and sending another to the hospital was ferrying migrants who were trying to enter the country illegally from Jamaica, the US Coast Guard ...

Middleburg man involved in fatal boat crash cited
Clay Today
MIDDLEBURG ? A Middleburg man who was operating a boat that crashed on Black Creek in February killing two teenagers has been cited for reckless operation. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission filed the misdemeanor citation against Ted ...

Missing:

Weekend search for boater missing in Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness ...
The Republic
AP GRAND MARAIS, Minn. ? A weekend search in the Boundary Waters Area Canoe Wilderness in northern Minnesota has failed to locate a 23-year-old Wisconsin man. Ty Sitter of Janesville, Wis., hasn't been seen since Thursday, when he left his father and ...

Coast Guard searching for sailboat, 4 boaters off coast of NJ; crew said boat ...
Washington Post
By AP, MIDDLETOWN, NJ ? The Coast Guard says it hasn't heard from four people aboard a sailboat off the New Jersey coast since they radioed that it was nearly submerged. Coast Guard spokesman Charles Rowe says those aboard the 33-foot Courtney Lynn ...

UPDATED: Hope dims for boater missing near Chickamauga Dam
Chattanooga Times Free Press
by Staff Report Officials work this morning near a sailboat at Gold Point Marina. A man is missing after falling overboard from the boat early this morning. Photo by Angela Lewis /Chattanooga Times Free Press. Authorities are still trying to locate a

Other Boat Accidents:

Danish crewmen praise rescuers as yacht stricken in raging seas
Irish Independent
The two Danes were bringing Mr Olsen's 13-metre Beneteau-designed yacht, Dana, from the Azores to Scotland for the annual meeting of the Danish Ocean Racing Club. Mr Olsen is a retired sea captain and, since May 2010, has been sailing around the ...

Sunday sturgeon encounter marks seventh on Suwannee
Jasper News
Live Oak ? A seventh sturgeon encounter with a Suwannee River boater left him with an injured hand, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. Karen Parker with the FWC said a four foot, 70 to 80 pound sturgeon jumped from the water ...

Passing boater saves woman 5 hours after tide pulls her raft well offshore at ...
Daily Journal
Field says a passing boater spotted the raft and towed the woman close enough to shore for rescuers to help. Field says the woman was a little dehydrated and sunburned, but was able to return to her Harbor Island home after a brief stop at a medical ..


Two people injured in three boating accidents
Gainesville Sun
Also on Saturday, FWC officers said a woman boating on the Suwannee River near Rock Bluff in Gilchrist County was ejected, possibly because of wave action. FWC spokeswoman Karen Parker said the woman suffered a broken femur and was taken by ambulance ...

Two boaters rescued from Lake Erie
Toledo On The Move
... Guard helicopter, but they were not needed. The Toledo Coast Guard's vessel caught up with the distressed boat and escored them to shore. Their names have not been released and no one was injured. Have you ever been in a distressed boating situation?

West Cork Lifeboats Rescue Yacht
Afloat
A yacht in distress 28 miles South West of Baltimore called for assistance in the early hours of this morning. The 36ft yacht had left? The Irish Coast Guard has signed up to an important Search and Rescue cooperation agreement with the French Coast ...

New Shipyard Gives Boost to Belfast's Working Waterfront
MPBN News
Creating waterfronts that preserve traditional industries like boat building and fishing, add new ones like alternative energy and keep residential development under control. One city that appears to be on the right track is Belfast, .

Boater loses foot in propeller accident on River Ouse
Motor Boats Monthly
A 65-year-old man from Stevenage has lost his foot following a horrific accident on the River Ouse. The man had been boating with friends when he fell overboard from their boat at Eynesbury, and his foot was severed when he caught it in the boat's?


WATCH: Video Captures Sailboat Capsizing in SF Bay
9&10 News
Cameras were rolling when an expensive Oracle catamaran capsized in the San Francisco Bay on Monday. The choppy waters caused the futuristic boat to cartwheel into the water. One crew member suffered a minor rib injury and was taken to the hospital as ...

Winds force sailboat on Reservoir rocks
WLBT-TV
All four managed to scramble off of the sailboat as the wind pounded it against the rocks. Barring some minor scrapes and bruises, no one was injured. A Sea Tow boat pulled the sailboat off the rocks and back to the Yacht Club.

Kaw Lake Boat Accident Puts Man in Hospital
The Ponca City News Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:04 AM PDT
An Enid man was injured in a boating accident on Kaw Lake early Saturday afternoon, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported. Andrew F. Perroni, 23, of Enid was operating a 17-foot bass boat on the lake when he fell out while it was running, the Patrol reported.?

Missing Idaho boy found safe after raft capsized
NorthWest Cable News Tue, 14 Jun 2011 08:27 AM PDT
BOISE -- A 15-year-old boy is safe after his raft capsized on the South Fork of the Boise River this afternoon. Emergency responders in Elmore County launched a search from the ground and the air.  Then some five hours later, the boy came walking out of a wooded area. His group was rafting down the South Fork of the Boise River in an area between Anderson Ranch and Arrowrock reservoirs. While ...

40-foot boat sinks in Willamette River
KATU
A 40-foot boat sunk in the Willamette River Tuesday morning while getting some work done at a marina, a fire department spokesman said. The privately-owned boat sunk at what used to be Staff Jennings Marina off SW Macadam Avenue. ...

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