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You removed your boat plug in the winter after hauling your boat from the water, but have you remembered to reinstall it? Every year, some recreational boaters launch and then watch their boats sink because they forgot to reinstall the boat plug. Don’t let it happen to you.
Archive for May 2010
May 27, 2010 | 
Author Jon Randall Martins, 42, admitted he had a blood alcohol content of 0.18 when the boat he was driving in Marley Creek on Aug. 30 struck a vessel driven by Richard John Hynson, 47, of Glen Burnie. Hynson died of his injuries.
The legal limit is .08.
Posted in 
Tags: But even without counting the deaths, Maryland’s 2009 season was grim. Natural Resources Police responded to 299 accidents last season, 123 more than in 2008 and 201 more than in 2006.
That’s plain ugly.
(Read the Outdoors Girls ENTIRE column. You need to if you are going to be on the water this season.)
With Memorial Day approaching and school soon reaching an end, it's a good time to brush up on summer health and safety. Dr. William Zirkin of the Greater Baltimore Medical Center's emergency department talks about common summer problems and how to avoid them.
(Great article to read about preparing for the Summer heat. Just because the weather is warm does not mean you can ignore Summer safety on the beach or on your boat.)
***NOTICE TO BOATERS***
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY, ANYONE UNDER THE AGE OF 13,
IN A BOAT LESS THAN 21 FEET IN LENGTH, WHILE UNDERWAY,
MUST WEAR A COAST GUARD APPROVED LIFE JACKET.
May 21-27 is National Safe Boating Week. The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary request that everyone think safety at the start of the boating season. Remember that the only life jacket that can save your life is the one you are wearing. Wear it Maryland!
Martins, 42, of 115 North Penn Terrace inGlen Burnie, pleaded guilty to negligent homicide by motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol in the Aug. 30 death of Hynson, 46, of Glen Burnie.
Read the ENTIRE story at HomeTownAnnapolis.com:
via Man gets 90 days in fatal boat crash • Top Stories www.HometownAnnapolis.com – The Capital.
(Please. Do NOT drink and drive your vessel. Do not do it. You can read in this article how so many people’s lives were changed for the worse. Do NOT drink and drive your boat.)
Maryland Natural Resources Police continued their efforts this week to find the body of a canoeist who sank into the Chesapeake Bay on Saturday as his companion also struggled to stay afloat.Neither 26-
via Canoeist still missing after craft capsizes.
(The boat had only one life jacket for two occupants. The life jacket was not worn and floated away. Victims tread water for two hours. One succumbed to hypothermia the other swam to shore.
This did not have to happen. WEAR your life jacket. You MUST have a life jacket for each and every person in the boat. The life jacket does no good unless you WEAR it. Understand the effects of COLD water on the human body and DO NOT take risks with your life.)
The friend was eventually able to make it back into the kayak safely, but both the victim and his friend were not wearing life jackets.
Read the ENTIRE story at WMAR:
via Teen Drowns In Choptank River Helping Friend – Baltimore News, Weather, Breaking News | WMAR-TV.
(If you are in a kayak you should be wearing a life jacket. You should also have the wisdom to understand your physical limitations.)
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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