Division 12 What's New!
leadership for 2019
U.S. Coast Guard welcomes new commandant.
Adm. Karl Schultz relieved Adm. Paul F. Zukunft on June 1, 2018
Speaker Bruce Brady, ADSO-DV at the Division 12 meeting on May 16, 2018.
Congratulations Division 12 1NR!
MODERN MARINE NAVIGATION COURSE ONLINE
This is a new course brought to you by the BoatUS Foundation and the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary.
BOATING SAFETY. Useful information on regulations, accident statistics and much more.Every year the U.S.Coast Guard compiles statistics on reported recreational boating accidents.
- Eight out of every 10 boaters who drowned were using vessels less than 21 feet in length.
- Operator inattention, operator inexperience, improper lookout, machinery failure, and excessive speed rank as the top five primary contributing factors in accidents.
- Alcohol use is the leading known contributing factor in fatal boating accidents; where the primary cause was known, it was listed as the leading factor in 17% of deaths.
2015 Recreational Boating Statistics
| BOSTON - The United States Coast Guard released its first boating safety mobile phone app as part of the kickoff of National Safe Boating Week in May 2015. Read more here. New Mobile app for Boating Safety. |