LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary, Flotilla 88 of Lake County announces the week of May 22 through May 28 as National Safe Boating Week.
This yearly campaign is to remind boaters to always boat responsibly, to follow safety guidelines while on the water and for all boaters and passengers to have life jackets and to wear them.
This week, the city councils for Clearlake and Lakeport and the Board of Supervisors separately approved proclamations declaring National Safe Boating Week.
On Thursday, Flotilla 88 representative Dorothy De Lope told the Clearlake City Council that the group will be out doing patrols this weekend on Clear Lake.
“We’re back in action again,” De Lope said.
In the United States, 613 people died in boating-related accidents as reported in the United States Coast Guard recreational statistics for 2019.
Of these 613 fatalities, 439 were due to drowning and 362 of these boaters would be alive today had they worn their life jackets.
The summer months of June, July and August are the most active boating months with 308 of nationwide fatal boating accidents occurring in these months.
Use of alcohol while boating was the leading contributing factor with 113 fatalities followed by operator inattention, inexperience, excessive speed and machine failure.
As the COVID-19 restrictions which were ordered for all flotillas by the United States Coast Guard begin to lift, Lake County Flotilla will resume free vessel inspections, offer safe boating classes and once again resume safety patrols on Clear Lake.
Flotilla 88 of Lake County urges all boaters to join the nation in observing National Safe Boating Week by boating responsibly throughout the boating season and to always wear your life jackets.
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National Safe Boating Week takes place May 22 to 28
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