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If anything has been proven to work – and work well – in total annual accidents (-40%). But, then, the hull count is promoting safety and reducing accidents, it has been the Coast also down 10% during that same time frame. TABLE 3 is an

Guard’s 35-year quest to eliminate drug and alcohol abuse by excellent snapshot of what is happening, nationwide.

professional mariners. Sadly, it is still common for recreational When it comes to recreational boating safety, size matters. waterway users to pack up the cooler with beer for a day of Where the length of the vessel was known in 2023, 4 of every fun on the water. Predictably, the number one leading known 5 boaters who drowned were using vessels of less than 21 feet contributing factor in fatal boating accidents is Alcohol. LOA. The