Coast Guard reunites surfboard with owner on Oahu

Service members from Coast Guard Sector Honolulu reunite an owner with his surfboard at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, June 3, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Honolulu)
HONOLULU — A surfboard was reunited with its owner, Lance Blake, at Coast Guard Base Honolulu after being found adrift off Honolulu Harbor, Wednesday.
The reunion was possible because Blake contacted Sector...
Coast Guard suspends search for owner of adrift kayak near Port Aransas

A kayak floats adrift in the water near Aransas Pass, Texas, March 1, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for the owner of an unmanned, adrift kayak found near Aransas Pass, Texas.
The search began Sunday morning when Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received notification from a good Samaritan of an unmanned and...
Coast Guard seeks public’s help identifying kayak owner near Kama’ole beach park, Maui

The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of an adrift kayak found in the shore break off Kama’ole beach park in Kihei, Maui, Sunday.
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of an adrift kayak found in the shore break off Kama’ole beach park 1 in Kihei, Maui, Sunday.
A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Coast Guard...
Coast Guard asks boaters to label, properly secure kayaks, canoes, paddleboards

Through the Operation Paddle Smart Program, the Coast Guard offers a free, weatherproof and reflective, self-adhesive “If Found” decal to be placed in a visible location on small, human-powered (unregistered) watercraft.
BOSTON — The Coast Guard is asking the public to label their kayaks, canoes and stand-up paddleboards with their name and phone number after an influx of cases this summer...
Coast Guard to enforce Operation Paddle Smart

BOSTON — The Coast Guard is scheduled to be out in full force Friday through Sunday enforcing paddlecraft safety.
Since April 2017, the Coast Guard has conducted more than 370 paddlecraft boardings and terminated 110 voyages. Voyages were terminated due to not having a life jacket or a sound producing device.
According to the National Safe Boating Council, in 2016, the Northeast had 28 paddler deaths,...