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USCG Releases Recreational Boating Statistics 2017

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· Saturday, June 23rd, 2018 at 08:55 AM 
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U.S. Coast Guard recently released their annual 2017 recreational boating accident statistics report. Total counts for 2017 Coast Guard Boating Accident Report Database (BARD) reported accidents, injuries, and fatalities were down compared to 2016. 2017 USCG BARD reported accident statistics were 4,291 accidents, 2629 injuries, and 658 fatalities. 2016 USCG stats were 4,463 accidents, 2,903 […]

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3 Children tubing struck by boat propeller Norris Lake TN 8 June 2018

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· Saturday, June 9th, 2018 at 11:02 AM 
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Four children were riding a towed tube on Norris Lake north of Knoxville Tennessee on Friday, June 8, 2018. The boat was near Goat Rock Island in LaFollette, Tennessee at White Bridge in Lonas Young Memorial Park per 10news / WBIR. The boat was a small center console boat powered by a Johnson outboard motor, […]

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Randy Howell runs The Leash: video

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· Wednesday, May 16th, 2018 at 08:22 AM 
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Randy Howell and The Leash recently posted a video of Randy explaining why he runs The Leash, a tether to prevent large outboard motors from breaking off and flipping into boats after striking submerged objects or when running in rough water. Several outboard motors have flipped into boats while the outboard motor is still under […]

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Propeller Guards: ABYC Marine Law Symposium

Posted by Gary 
· Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 at 05:00 PM 
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ABYC’s Marine Law Symposium 2018 was originally scheduled to be part of ABYC’s annual Standards Week in Charleston, South Carolina in January 2018. However, a major east coast snowstorm postponed the event until 10 April 2018. The theme of the topics selected was, “The Anatomy of an Accident”. The day long event featured sessions titled: […]

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Boat Design Defects: NBC4 Investigation “Small Craft Advisory”

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· Thursday, August 17th, 2017 at 02:38 PM 
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NBC Channel 4, Washington D.C., aired a series of stories on boat design defects on 16 August 2017. The series focuses on: Two families: (1) family of Ryan Batchelder, 7 year old boy killed by a boat propeller in Georgia in 2014, and (2) family of Niki Bell, struck by a boat propeller in California […]

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12 year-old New York boy killed by boat propeller during sailing lesson

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· Wednesday, July 19th, 2017 at 09:21 PM 
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Three boys in a sailing class at Centerport Yacht Club on the north side of Long Island, New York were out sailing in Northport Harbor Tuesday afternoon 18 July, 2017. Their boat was capsized on purpose as part of a man overboard exercise. Two of the boys stayed with the sailboat. The third boy was […]

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10 ejected from boat in Lake Gage IN Circle of Death accident VIDEO

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· Monday, July 17th, 2017 at 11:51 AM 
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Ten people were onboard a 21 foot Ski Nautique on Lake Gage in Steuben County Indiana about 7:15pm Saturday July 15, 2017. Dominique Effinger a 20 year old female was operating the boat. The boat took a hard turn and all ten people on board were ejected. The unmanned boat went into the Circle of […]

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Patrick Oliver dies from propeller wounds from trying to rescue his daughter Katlyn

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· Friday, July 7th, 2017 at 08:07 PM 
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Earlier, we covered the accident in which Patrick and his daughter Katlyn Oliver were swimming behind a houseboat on their way back to shore. Katlyn Oliver, 4, killed by houseboat propeller on Lake Belton in Texas. They were returning to shore after Katyln’s first boat ride. The house boat engines were started and reversed, Katyln […]

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Katlyn Oliver, 4, killed by houseboat propeller on Lake Belton in Texas

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· Saturday, June 24th, 2017 at 06:49 PM 
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Katlyn Oliver, 4, was swimming behind a houseboat at Temple Lake Park, on Belton Lake near Fort Hood Army base in Texas. On Monday 26 June KWTX reports Katlyn and her father were swimming back to shore after taking a ride in another boat. Katlyn was excited and anxious to tell others about her first […]

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Yu Chen, Wakesurfer, killed by Univ Wisconsin Rescue boat propeller 21 May 2017

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· Wednesday, June 14th, 2017 at 01:21 PM 
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Yu Chen, 43, an accomplished wakesurfer (Sail Surfer) was teaching lessons on Lake Mendota in Wisconsin about 6 pm Wednesday 31 May 2017. The University of Wisconsin maintains a Lifesaving Station on the lake. Their boat was returning from a rescue to Governors Island when Yu Chen was struck between the UW LifeSaving Station and […]

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