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Flotilla 2-9, Lake Lanier Georgia - Flotilla Commander

Welcome to the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 2-9  at Lake Lanier, Georgia. Flotilla members devote hundreds of hours each year at massive Lake Lanier supporting the United States Coast Guard .

Lake  Lanier is one of  the “most visited” recreational lakes  in the Nation !  We are located roughly 57 miles Northeast of  Atlanta, where Lake Lanier is a primary water supply to metro Atlanta and the Chattahoochee river basin downstream to Apalachicola Florida.

Our Missions:

(a)Assisting boaters in emergency situations with our “on the water” Operations Department
(b)Teaching  Safe Boating practices with current Coast Guard approved Public Education criteria
(c)Performing Vessel Safety Checks to ensure boat owners have met Federal and State requirements
(d)Promoting Marine Safety and Environmental Protection efforts such as aids to navigation inspection and lake shore clean-up projects.
(e)Participating at Boat Shows, and Public Affairs events promoting the Coast Guard and the Auxiliary
(f)Providing Recreational Boating Safety values and principles to the general boating public
(g)Providing safety Radio Watch Standers from Memorial Day to Labor Day weekends
(h)Supporting our members of the national U.S.Coast Guard Pipe Band !

Our organization was created  by the United States Congress in 1939, as the  U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary serving as civilian volunteer component to the U.S. Coast Guard. Membership in the Auxiliary is open to men and women ages 17 and older who are U.S.citizens and interested in promoting Recreational Boating Safety. We have a wide variety of opportunities for you,  just tell us your interests and we will guide you to the programs that best meet your wishes and needs.

We are part of  “Team Coast Guard” which includes active duty, reserve and Auxiliary components. We wear the Coast Guard Auxiliary uniform and comply with Coast Guard training materials and methods.  We save lives and property while having fun in the process.

If you are interested in a  Safe Boating class,  just  click on the “Boating Safety Education” tab to the left.

Please feel free to check out additional information to the left with some really cool happenings on Lanier, across the State of Georgia and across the Nation.

Nationwide, there are 28,000 members of the  U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary that are active on the waterways and in classrooms in over 2000 cities and towns across the nation, all to promote Recreational Boating Safety.

Our  meeting location is  6595  Lights Ferry Road,  Flowery Branch, Georgia 30542 on the  3rd Tuesday of every month at  7:00  pm.  

You are not required to have a boat to join us, but it adds to the fun!  All are welcome to come and visit our meetings.  We encourage you to join if you are interested in what we do.

Thanks for coming aboard for a visit !

Mr. Bruce Lindsey  
Flotilla Commander
Flotilla  2-9
Lake  Lanier