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February
2007 | Issue No. 22 |
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| News from the Office of Boating Safety |
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Avoiding Leers at the Launch: Get Your Boat in the Water Without Ruining Your Reputation
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The biggest fear most boaters have about launching their boats is humiliation. Boat ramps often come complete with a close-range audience. Slip-ups and goofs—made that much more likely by the interaction of cars and boats operating in close quarters—may be witnessed by a crowd of unsympathetic and impatient boaters awaiting their turn.
But botched launches can have consequences much more serious than a red face. As Jeff Hoedt, Chief of the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Boating Safety, says, “Mistakes at the launch ramp can mean severe property damage, and in some cases, injuries or even fatalities. Safety is every bit as important when conducting a boat launch as it is when boating out on the water. In reality, accidents can happen anywhere—at any time.”
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May 6-9, 2007
Annual Conference, Western States Boating Administrators Association, Laughlin, Nevada
May 9-11, 2007
Working Waterways & Waterfronts – A National Symposium on Water Access, Sport Fishing and Boating Partnership Council, Norfolk, Virginia
September 5-10, 2007
Annual Conference, National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), Burlington, Vermont.
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North American Safe Boating
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| Nautical Terms of The Month |
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In today’s seagoing service, the term “Scuttlebutt” has two meanings. The first meaning is a drinking fountain aboard ship. Secondly, it refers to rumors, gossip, or sea stories that are passed back and forth between sailors. Back in the day, when ships were made of wood and sailors were made of steel, the “Scuttlebutt” was a small drinking ladle with scuttles or holes, to discourage sailors from wasting time in idle chit chat whilst their tropical water ration dribbled quickly back into the butt.
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News from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxillary® |
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Boaters Urged to Resolve to be Safer in 2007
U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Offers Four Easy-to-Follow Tips for a Safer Year on the Water
 It's two months into the new year; many New Year's resolutions have already been cast aside like used wrapping paper, leaving those making the broken resolution discouraged and disheartened, and wondering if they'll ever make a pledge they can stick to.
Well, hope is on the way. The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is offering boaters and water enthusiasts four easy-to follow tips for those who want to resolve to be safer boaters this year:
1. Always wear your life jacket: Statistics show time and time again that many boating fatalities could have been avoided simply by wearing a life jacket. Wearing a life jacket while boating is like wearing a seat belt when driving or riding in a vehicle. Simply put, life jackets save lives! Resolve to wear one anytime you are on or near the water.
2. Be prepared - take a boating safety course: Most drivers were required to take some sort of driver's education course before getting their driver’s license...
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Women’s Boating Survey Sheds Light on Boating Skills, Education
 A recent online survey of over 400 women by BoatU.S. shows that parents play an important role in teaching their daughters recreational boating skills. But when girls grow up, many women believe there aren't enough boating educational opportunities, especially those that are tailored for women.
The newly released results of the BoatU.S. "Boating Learning and Education Survey for Women" showed that nearly half of all women respondents (47 percent) said it was a parent who they first remember teaching them boating skills, and 47 percent also said they had first gone boating before age 10.
"What the survey essentially tells us is that families play an important part in introducing boating to young girls, but as adults they want to learn...
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The material in this newsletter is provided as an information resource only. The Coast Guard does not endorse any individual, organization, company, product, or service mentioned
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