Cold Water Boating Safety Advisory (Article + Video)

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer First Class Matthew Belson/First District External Affairs, Boston) - Coast Guard boating safety experts, including a crew from Coast Guard Station Boston, explain the hazards of boating during winter and the cold water safety precautions mariners should follow. Video includes footage taken on Boston Harbor Jan. 10, 2009 and storm footage the next day, Jan.11, 2009, on Cape Cod, Mass.

Fishing Vessel Submerged at Oceanside, NY, Pier

NEW YORK, NY, May 10, 2008 (USCG)

The Coast Guard is overseeing the salvage of a 70-foot fishing vessel that sank at the pier in Oceanside, N.Y., at around 8 a.m. today.

Coast Guard Station Jones Beach received the initial call that the Miss Edith, a clamming dredge owned by Bayhead Inc., Manahawkin, N.J., was submerged in roughly 20-feet of water and leaked 100-gallons of diesel fuel in the Hog Island Channel. The owner reported he had deployed a boom around the vessel to stop the leakage. [More...]

Lake Tahoe To Host Coast Guard Interagency Homeland Security Law Enforcement Exercise

TAHOE CITY, CA, April 21, 2008 (The Boating Channel) -

The U.S. Coast Guard, working with the Washoe County Sheriff Department and the Coast Guard Auxiliary, will be conducting law enforcement training exercises on Lake Tahoe, tomorrow, Tuesday April 22.

The event will be hosted by Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe and will include the Coast Guard's Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) 91105 from San Francisco in a joint training exercise. The Team will plan, deploy, and complete simulated Homeland Security Law Enforcement drills onboard the passenger vessel "Dixie II."

Coast Guard Auxiliary members, as well as Station Lake Tahoe personnel, will participate in the training. The Coast Guard simulated response will involve the use of 23-foot Over the Horizon boats, 25-foot response boats, as well as a safety boat provided by the Washoe County Sheriff Department... [More]