Coast Guard Urges Safety While Operating Personal Watercraft
LOS ANGELES – The Coast Guard reminds individuals to exercise safety and responsible practices while operating personal watercraft.
Sports such as paddle boarding and kayaking have become more popular and the Coast Guard has seen a rising trend in the number of individuals requiring assistance. Adherence to safety guidelines and understanding of the environment is vital to ensuring safety while operating...
Coast Guard and Alaska Governor sign memorandum of understanding for Alaska boating safety programs
JUNEAU, Alaska – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and Rear Adm. Gene Brooks, Commander, Seventeenth Coast Guard District signed a memorandum of understanding at the Capital Building Friday to renew relationships between the State of Alaska and the Seventeenth Coast Guard District concerning non-commercial boating safety programs and mutual enforcement of laws relating to boating safety on the waters...
Free kayak and canoeing safety seminar in South Portland, Maine
PORTLAND, Maine – The public is invited to attend a one-day kayak and canoeing safety seminar at the South Portland, Maine, Coast Guard base, located at 259 High Street, April 25, 2009, from 10 a.m., till 3 p.m.
Kayakers safety gear enables quick Coast Guard rescue
SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine – A Newcastle, Maine, man is home safe today because of survival equipment he carried with him while kayaking in the Sheepscot River, in Maine Sunday.
Robert Yarmey, of Newcastle, Maine, used a handheld radio to call the Coast Guard for help at 7:38 p.m., Sunday, when he was forced to swim to shore in 53-degree water after his kayak overturned near Reversing Falls in Sheepscot,...
