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"When anyone asks me how I can best describe my experience in nearly forty years at sea, I merely say, uneventful. Of course there have been winter gales, and storms and fog and the like. But in all my experience, I have never been in any accident ... of any sort worth speaking about. I have seen but one vessel in distress in all my years at sea. I never saw a wreck and never have been wrecked nor was I ever in any predicament that threatened to end in disaster of any sort."

Edward J. Smith, 1907
Captain, RMS Titanic
(struck iceberg and went to the bottom
just five years later)

This website is the proud recipient and National Award Winner of the 2001
National Safe Boating Council "Boating Education Advancement Award", presented to Commander Bob at the International Boating and Water Safety Summit in Nashville, 11 April 2001.
Other coveted recognition...Winner of the "Berbee Site of the Month" Award, April 1998. First Place "Health Site" Award on September 5, 1997, by Madison "All-Info" Web Awards. Awarded the coveted Geocities "Homestead Page of the Day" on February 6, 1996, the "Site of the Week" for April 11, 1996 on the "Most of Madison", the "Site of the Week" on the Turkish Pilots Association web site in Istanbul for the week of September 9, 1998, the Site of the Day on "Great Sports" on 27 April, 1999, and the Site of the Week in the NJSail.com e-zine for the week of February 9, 2000. In July, 2000, Commander Bob's Marlinespike page was awarded the Links2Go "Key Resource" Award.

Also, look for an unsolicited, full-paragraph Commander Bob mention in the 1998 5th Anniversary Edition of Harley Hahn's "Internet & Web Yellow Pages", and in his 1999 edition in bookstores everywhere! Look for Commander Bob in McGraw-Hill's "Internet Outdoor Family Fun Yellow Pages: The Online Guide to the Best Outdoor Family Sites", by John Sanders! Commander Bob's boating safety articles have also been featured on the Raytheon website, boaters.com, in the Ensign (the national magazine of the United States Power Squadrons), and in the May 2006 issue of Lakeland Boating Magazine!

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This web site is my contribution to the interests of recreational boating safety, and is not officially sanctioned, sponsored, or approved by any of the boating safety organizations or agencies referenced herein. Opinions expressed and information displayed on these pages are for entertainment and general information only. The author and publisher of this internet web site does not warrant that information found here is accurate and up-to-date, and accepts no responsibility for accidents, injury, or death resulting from the use, misuse, interpretation, or misinterpretation of any information found herein. Viewers are encouraged to consult competent authorities before using any information contained on these pages.

Further, although it is our hope and intent that no links from this site display, or link downstream, to any material which may be deemed objectionable or offensive to anyone, we cannot take responsibility for the content of those links.

HERE'S WHERE TO FIND THE LATEST RECREATIONAL BOATING ACCIDENT STATISTICS!

For information on boating safety courses in or near your area, contact the nearest Coast Guard Auxiliary, Power Squadron, or State Conservation Department. Or, call the BOAT/U.S. Hotline at 1-800-336-BOAT!

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Interesting in Boater Education? Check out these great sites,
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On December 23, 2002, the Coast Guard implemented a new rule requiring all children less than 13 years of age to wear Coast Guard approved life jackets while aboard recreational vessels underway, except when the children are below decks or in an enclosed cabin. The new rule was created to address the problem of childhood deaths while boating. Between 1995 and 2001, 210 children under the age of 13 died while boating. More than half of these deaths were attributed to drowning. This rule only applies to states and territories with no current children's life jacket wear regulation.
Each year, more than 80% of those who die in boating accidents drown, most of them because they were not wearing life jackets. That means that each year, hundreds of lives could be saved by simply wearing PFD's.

Life jackets really do save lives, but they won't work if you don't wear them. Little kids are so fast, that even when being closely supervised, they can be overboard in a heartbeat. Adults can make decisions about whether or not they want to wear life jackets while they're on or near the water, but kids depend on adults to make those decisions for them. Make sure children are wearing a properly-fitted life jacket with crotch straps, while in a boat or around the docks.This simple act of love can make for a fun day on the water, and most importantly a happy trip home!

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Commander Bob wishes to thank the U. S. Coast Guard, CG Auxiliary, the U. S. Power Squadrons, the National Safe Boating Council, and others for use of photographs and icons.
This site is updated at least every weekend!

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POWER SQUADRONS
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MEMBER NATIONAL SAFE BOATING COUNCIL	MEMBER U.S.C.G. AUXILIARY	MEMBER UNITED STATES POWER SQUADRONS	MEMBER BOAT/U.S.

Interesting in Boater Education? Check out these great sites, and be sure to visit the "links page" for other interesting and exciting boating sites!

This site is updated at least every weekend!

Interesting in Boater Education? Check out these great sites,
and be sure to visit the "links page" for
other interesting and exciting boating sites!