{"id":12608,"date":"2018-05-16T11:14:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-16T15:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=12608"},"modified":"2018-05-16T11:49:41","modified_gmt":"2018-05-16T15:49:41","slug":"safe-boating-awareness-week-may-19th-25th-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2018\/05\/16\/safe-boating-awareness-week-may-19th-25th-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Safe Boating Awareness Week (May 19th-25th, 2018)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>May 16, 2018 @ 11:14<\/b><\/p>\n<div class=\"clear\"><\/div><div class=\"divider\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/campaign_banner_safe_boating.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-12609\" src=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/campaign_banner_safe_boating-600x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/campaign_banner_safe_boating-600x188.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/campaign_banner_safe_boating-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/campaign_banner_safe_boating-768x240.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/campaign_banner_safe_boating.jpg 1120w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This Friday is the beginning of Safe Boating Awareness Week (May 19th-25th, 2018).<\/p>\n<p>Safe Boating Awareness Week provides boaters key reminders as they prepare to embark on another boating season.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"lead\"><strong>Wear Your Lifejacket<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Legally you must carry one on board, appropriately sized for each passenger. But don&#8217;t just carry it, WEAR IT.<\/li>\n<li class=\"lead\"><strong>Boat Sober<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Boating under the influence of alcohol, recreational drugs or prescription narcotics, is illegal, irresponsible and potentially deadly. Leave any such substances until you return to the dock.<\/li>\n<li class=\"lead\"><strong>Take a Boating Course<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0The law now requires that anyone driving a motorized boat must have a pleasure-craft operator card. It&#8217;s for your own safety and that of your passengers. Don&#8217;t get caught without one. Take a course and get your license!<\/li>\n<li class=\"lead\"><strong>Be Prepared<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0Ensure your boat has all the required safety gear and sufficient fuel. Be sure the weather is suitable for your vessel&#8217;s capabilities.<\/li>\n<li class=\"lead\"><strong>Beware of Cold Water Risks<\/strong> &#8211; Cold water is a significant risk. Learn how to protect yourself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;\">The Coast Guard Ninth District will be supporting Wear Your Life Jacket to Work Day on Friday.\u00a0Coast Guard members join boating professionals and outdoor enthusiasts to heighten awareness of different life jacket styles that are available and demonstrate their comfort and versatility by wearing them to work.\u00a0<\/span>The Ninth Coast Guard District is responsible for all Coast Guard operations throughout the five Great Lakes, the Saint Lawrence Seaway and parts of the surrounding states including 6,700 miles of shoreline and 1,500 miles of the international border with Canada.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;\">U.S. Coast Guard statistics show that drowning was the reported cause of death in four out of every five recreational boating fatalities nationwide in 2016. In the Great Lakes, where lifejacket use was known, approximately 97% percent of those who drowned were not wearing life jackets versus the national average of 83%.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;\">\u201cVisiting the Great Lakes is a once in a lifetime experience; don\u2019t let it be your last,&#8221; said Mike Baron,\u00a0recreational\u00a0boating safety specialist\u00a0for\u00a0the Ninth Coast Guard District. &#8220;Always wear your life jacket.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times; font-size: medium;\">The National Safe Boating Council is asking all participants to take a picture of themselves in their life jacket while at work and post it to the Ready, Set, Wear It Facebook page or submit it directly to the NSBC at <a href=\"mailto:outreach@safeboatingcouncil.org\">outreach@safeboatingcouncil.org<\/a>. Participants are also encouraged to tweet their picture using #RSWI2018.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>May 16, 2018 @ 11:14 &nbsp; This Friday is the beginning of Safe Boating Awareness Week (May 19th-25th, 2018). Safe Boating Awareness Week provides boaters key reminders as they prepare to embark on another boating season. Wear Your Lifejacket &#8211;\u00a0Legally you must carry one on board, appropriately sized for each passenger. But don&#8217;t just carry &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[1464],"class_list":["post-12608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-provincial","tag-safe-boating-awareness-week"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 23:54:12","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12608"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12608\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12610,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12608\/revisions\/12610"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}