As of September 15, 2009 all boaters will be required to have the Pleasure Craft Operator Card in order to operate a powered watercraft. There is no grandfather clause or age exemption – this law applies to all boaters. Powered watercraft includes watercraft fitted with any size motor – even a trolling motor. If your not part of the solution, your part of the problem!

Man Dies In Boating Accident At Lake Perry
49abcnews.com - Topeka, KS, USA
Story by AP A Topeka man is dead after a boating accident on Lake Perry in Jefferson County. Deputies say 50-year-old Rafael Estrada died when the jet ski ...
August 27, 2007

Operation SWEEP Results In 180 Arrests
PR Newswire (press release) - New York, NY, USA
The 65 boating patrols focused on the most heavily utilized waters including Smith Mountain Lake, Lake Anna, and the Potomac, James and Rappahannock Rivers.
August 22, 2007

Boating Lake Havascu Cops Eye Floating Party
Los Angeles Daily News - Los Angeles, CA, USA
Four people have died so far this year in boating accidents at Lake Havasu, including an 8-year-old girl. Authorities are still looking for the pilot of a ...
August 19, 2007

NBA: Madsen Out 3 Months After Boating Accident
Honolulu Advertiser - Honolulu, HI, USA
By Jon Krawczynski AP MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Timberwolves forward Mark Madsen had surgery on his shoulder today, four days after he was hurt on a personal ...
August 18, 2007

Fatal Boating Crash Victim Remembered
News 10 Now - Syracuse, NY, USA
"His boat would always be there. Whenever his boat was gone, we knew he would be fishing," said Katie Lucio of her neighbor John Kowalewski. ...
August 11, 2007

Safe Summer Boating Tips
Campbell River Mirror - British Columbia, Canada
Transport Canada's Office of Boating Safety wants to remind you how to boat safely. Our Boating Safety Officers encourage the over one million BC boaters ...
August 9, 2007

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