Text Box: Safe Boating Campaign http://www.safeboatingcampaign.com/ Text Box: heightens boater awareness just prior to Memorial Day, the unofficial start of boating season. In addition to promoting life jacket use, this year’s campaign is spotlighting a dangerous new fad – teak surfing. Boaters hang on to the teak platform on the back of motorboats to "surf" in the boat’s wake. This disturbing trend exposes boaters to fast-acting carbon monoxide poisoning and dire accidents with the boat’s propeller. The NASBC encourages boaters to Boat Smart From The Start by: o Wearing a life jacket while boating o Avoiding alcohol use when operating a boat o Taking a boating safety class o Getting boats checked for safety and maintenance concerns Text Box: Across the country, boating safety professionals work hard to make U.S. waterways safe for a wide range of recreational activities. Their efforts include constant public education efforts to ensure operators and passengers have all the information they need to boat safely. For the third year in a row, the National Safe Boating Council (NSBC) and the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA), in cooperation with the U.S. Coast Guard, are conducting the North American Safe Boating Campaign (NASBC). The 2002 campaign’s goal is to raise awareness among recreational boaters that: o Drowning is the number one cause of boating fatalities and o Wearing a life jacket while boating is the best way to avoid these very-preventable accidental operator and passenger deaths. The NASBC kicks off with National Safe Boating Week, May 18 –24, 2002. This annual campaign
Text Box: It is a covered dish affair and was a great event last year. Contact Maryanne Worley at maphi2939@cs.com to find out what you need to bring. Text Box: Make your plans now to attend our summer picnic at Nick Nichol’s home on the Dog River. It will be Saturday June 1st starting about 2:30 or 3:00. Text Box: Summer Picnic June 1st at Nick’s Place Text Box: May 2002 Text Box: Volume V1, Issue 5 Text Box: Driftwords Text Box: Events this Month: 16 May 2002, 1930 -- May Meeting -- Anchor & Shield Club at Base Mobile 18—24 May 2002, National Safe Boating Week 18 May 2002, VSC, TBD 24 May 2002, VSC, Dog River, Beach Comber 1 June 2002, 1400 to ? - Flotilla Picnic—Nick Nichol’s House 20 June 2002, 1930 -- June Meeting -- Anchor & Shield Club at Base Mobile
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