Register all boats...

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Here's why it is important...

Originally Posted by online Citizen

The sector dispatched a 25-foot response boat from Station Portsmouth Harbor in Portsmouth, N.H., to search the shoreline and harbor. The Rye, N.H., police department and Portsmouth Fire Department are also searching.

"If there is someone in the water, our goal right now is to find that person and bring him or her to safety," said Petty Officer 1st Class Ilya Atamaniuk, a search and rescue coordinator in the sector command center. "If anyone has information on the kayaker, please call the Sector Northern New England command center at (207) 767-0302."

http://www.citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll...690/-1/CITIZEN

Are the rescue response organizations wasting resources searching for a phantom victim?

If registered, the owner's ID and means of contact would be readily available.

Some FYI reading for kayak/canoers...

http://www.auxguidanceskills.info/pr...onKayaker.html