SAUGUS BOATER
08-12-2008, 09:50 AM
This warning was posted on the bostonboating.com web site. It is intended for the ocean, but seemed appropriate for The Lake as well...
F) The Coast Guard is urging all owners of non-motorized, unregistered boats to use a waterproof permanent marker to label their boat with contact information. Although kayaks, canoes, rowboats, and even sailboats without a motor are not required by law to be registered, the Coast Guard said labeling the boat with identification information could save taxpayers thousands of dollars from conducting unnecessary searches looking for someone who might have fallen overboard. Since 2006, the First Coast Guard District has responded to about 600 calls that were eventually determined to be abandoned or adrift boats that involved no person in the water.
F) The Coast Guard is urging all owners of non-motorized, unregistered boats to use a waterproof permanent marker to label their boat with contact information. Although kayaks, canoes, rowboats, and even sailboats without a motor are not required by law to be registered, the Coast Guard said labeling the boat with identification information could save taxpayers thousands of dollars from conducting unnecessary searches looking for someone who might have fallen overboard. Since 2006, the First Coast Guard District has responded to about 600 calls that were eventually determined to be abandoned or adrift boats that involved no person in the water.