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Archive for November 2009
November 28, 2009 | 
Author The Class Finder link for Maryland, D.C. Virginia, and North Carolina has changed. Should you need to locate a class near you please click here. The link is also elsewhere on this site.
Locate a boating safety class almost anywhere using the national page.
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The members of Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 23-6 of Calvert County, Maryland and the Guardians with whom we serve up and down the Chesapeake Bay, and our rivers and creeks wish you and yours a happy thanksgiving day.
Drive carefully or boat sfaely wherever and however you plan to travel.
Remember there are Guardians on duty 24×7 staffing communication centers ready to send out emergency assistance but let’s all treat them to a quiet Thanksgiving day.
Before you send official correspondence by email to other members or the general public please make sure the links actually work. When the link does not work it does NOT speak well about our conscientiousness. Many Coast Guard Auxiliary links are changing as they move to the new central site. Make sure your helpful link hasn’t already moved. I received correspondence from the DSO level that produced an error 404 which was a big surprise and not very helpful. Extra work for me and everyone else on the cc list. Everyone has time to check links! Don’t forward emails with bad links either.
This website maintains an automatic link checker that I check daily. In the event a link does change it will be fixed. This is something static HTML based sites cannot do unless volunteers check every single link and ask the single webmaster to fix them. Very time consuming.) It is a little easier using WordPress blog software.
By the way, The United States Coast Guard Official Blog, The Coast Guard Compass is using WordPress. We are both web 2.0 enabled! I credit Admiral Thad Allen for his leadership in this area. You rock Admiral!
(The Coast Guard Compass – Nov 20, 2009) The Crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy received the Guardian of the Week Award at the Coast Guard Expo this year. These folks solved a very unique, but necessary, on board problem with refuse, trash, and old food. In one year’s time the Healy hasn’t thrown any garbage overboard. You have to read about our Guardian’s tenacity to solve this problem at the Coast Guard’s Official Blog, The Compass.
Our Guardians at work! Congratulations go out the crew of the CG Cutter Healy!
Instructors take note. The eLibrary has made some changes to simplify selection of brochures used in your PE classes. See What’s New at the Coast Guard Auxiliary Members Deck:
- Visit the new Brochure Center
Ordering brochures and posters for Public Education classes has just become more user -friendly. The frustration of hoping that a certain brochure will meet your class needs has been eliminated. Instructors can now examine the contents of all PE Brochures and posters on the E-Library. The screen shots may also be enlarged so that the contents may be previewed prior to ordering. As brochures and posters become available, the E- Department will update the site. Visit the new Brochure Center.
[Posted: Nov 19, 2009. Source: Anne Lockwood, DIR-E]
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Date: November 19, 2009 Contact: Public Affairs Det. Baltimore
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Coast Guard focuses on mariner safety in Chesapeake Bay |
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BALTIMORE – Coast Guard Sector Baltimore personnel are conducting efforts to improve commercial fishing safety in the Maryland area to coincide with the start of the cold weather season, which is inherently dangerous due to low water temperatures and changing sea states. The Coast Guard’s Operation Safe Catch focuses on increasing the rate of compliance with safety regulations by interacting with the commercial fishing industry and recreational boaters to improve their risk management practices. Commercial fishing is one of the most hazardous occupations in the United States. On average, more than 40 people die annually while conducting commercial fishing operations. It accounts for 27 percent of the five-year average of commercial mariner deaths and injuries. Sector Baltimore units involved in Operation Safe Catch will focus their efforts on mariners operating from the upper Chesapeake Bay to the National Capital Region. According to statistics gathered by Maryland Natural Resources Police from 2004 to 2009, there have been 945 accidents resulting in 54 fatalities and 617 injuries. Some of the primary causes are equipment failure, inexperience and weather. During the operation, Coast Guard boarding teams and dockside examiners will check safety equipment on both recreational and commercial fishing vessels. Some examples of what will be checked are immersion suits, survival craft, survival craft stowage, distress signals, emergency position indicating radio beacons, fire extinguishers, high-water alarms, watertight integrity, damaged or broken hoses, stability letters and vessel overloading. Coast Guard examiners will concentrate on “high risk” vessels. These are vessels in poor condition with inadequate safety equipment, have a history of repeated search and rescue interventions, or engage in higher risk fishery operations such as one-person fishing vessels. The Coast Guard, along with the help of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, hopes to improve mariner involvement in the Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Exam program. The program is an information source and gives fishermen the opportunity to get a free, no-fault vessel safety exam on their boats in order to help improve their overall safety. The safey check is a free courtesy examination focusing on improving the overall safety conditions of the boat and its passengers and is conducted by a trained vessel examiner. A vessel safety exam is also a way to learn about the existence of violations or potential problems that might create dangerous situations for passengers and help mariners become more aware of safety related procedures. The vessel examiner will provide a copy of the examination form as a written record of identified safety related issues, recommendations and suggestions. Reasons for dockside exams:
If media are interested in an underway opportunity Friday at Coast Guard Station Annapolis, Md., please contact Sector Baltimore Public Affairs at (410) 576-2541 ### |
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(Coast Guard News) – The private blog Coast Guard News has an interesting story dated November 19, regarding Baltimore Sector’s continuing efforts to make sure boaters are behaving safely and within the law.
Members and public alike, click this story because it is a must read.
Thank you Coast Guard News. CGN is a private blog and our Link Policy applies.
Member instructors and dealer visitors. Important new aids to navigation information released for recreational boaters:
- ANSC pamphlet 3022 US AIDS TO NAVIGATION
ANSC pamphlet 3022 US AIDS TO NAVIGATION – has been revised and is now in stock. This glossy 34 page pamphlet is designed to help the recreational boater better understand the principle use and identification of the U.S. Aids to Navigation Systems. But it is so informative it can serve as a quick boating primer.
[Posted: Nov 14, 2009. Source: Stu Soffer, N-MS]
As always, regularly visit the Member’s Deck What’s New page for infornmation that can help you with your mission!
(Ryan Erickson – 091509) I thought Ryan’s article was rather entertaining and I think our members and the public could use a little nautical knowledge and humor now that Ida has passed. I’ll bet you never you where the term “slush fund” came from. Click over to Ryan’s blog. Oh and, Ryan rocks! He’s a Guardian! Thanks http://www.twiter.com/uscg for the tip!
(Coast Guard Compass – November 13, 2009) – Visit the Coast Guard Compass Blog for an extraordinary story of courage during rescue by Lt. Sean Krueger and his crew. Sean was serving in England at the time, attached to an SAR unit of the British Navy. When I read stories like these it is why I always say every chance I get, “Guardians rock!” We’re very proud of you Sean and your team British Navy aviators.
The Coast Guard Auxiliary and the U.S. Power Squadrons also inspect kayaks and other paddle craft.
Boat Safe. Boat Smart. Get the Decal!
“You wouldn’t allow your kids to sit on the hood of your car, so why would you allow them to sit on the bow of your boat?”
Rear Admiral Dean Lee, 5th District commander, United States Coast Guard
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