BOAT/U.S. Magazine articles from July 2001

BOAT/U.S. Magazine archives from July 2001

BEHIND THE BUOY.
July 1, 2001... For the second time in less than two years, the sorrowful story of a mother who lost two sons in a boating accident was heard by the Coast Guard Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. This time it was mid-May and it was Bambi...

Congress Fumes Over Houseboat Casualties.
July 1, 2001... In a Capitol Hill hearing on recreational boating safety last May, an uncharacteristically packed hearing room filled with TV cameras, reporters and photographers was on hand to witness the testimony of the parents of two boys who died from...

FBI Cracking Down.
July 1, 2001... In a departure from their traditional crime-busting duties and high-profile national cases, the Federal Bureau of Investigation will be in hot pursuit of houseboat owners and other recreational boaters who don't use approved marine sanitation...

Clean Water Grants Awarded.
July 1, 2001... The BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water awarded eight community groups over $10,000 in grant funds to help them address environmental issues on local waterways and to promote responsible boating. Grant projects for 2001...

Federal Life Jacket Law Floated.
July 1, 2001... A Coast Guard proposal that would require all youngsters under age 13 to wear a life jacket when on the deck of a boat underway -- except in those states that already have a children's life jacket law -- was the subject of a Congressional...

Navy Tightens Security.
July 1, 2001... As a result of the bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen last October, the Navy has tightened security at all naval bases and around its operations afloat, including those in the U.S. Rep. Jim Saxton (R-NJ), a Boat U.S. member and chairman of the...

Coast Guard Seeks Higher Fines.
July 1, 2001... The U.S. Coast Guard is asking Congress to raise the maximum fines that can be imposed for negligent operation of commercial and recreational vessels. Language in a Coast Guard bill now before Congress would raise the penalties for operating a...

History of Women at Sea Surfaces.
July 1, 2001... Ernest Hemingway might have had a different story to tell if he had written a book entitled The Old Woman and the Sea. The Mariner's Museum of Newport News, VA, now tells that story and much more with a new exhibit entitled "Women & the Sea,"...

Coast Guard Nav Site Up.
July 1, 2001... The U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center Web site is navigable once again. The site, which carries valuable information on maritime communications, including LORAN C, Differential GPS, Local Notices to Mariners, and GMDSS. had been down since...

Federal BAC Lowered to .08.
July 1, 2001... Recognizing that alcohol still causes more than 100 fatal boating accidents each year, the U.S. Coast Guard has lowered the federal blood alcohol content (BAC) from .10 to .08 as the legal threshold for intoxication. The new standard took...

Hurricane Ante Goes Up.
July 1, 2001... There is a 46% chance that the U.S. East Coast will be hammered by a hurricane this season and a 37% likelihood on the Gulf Coast, according to revised forecasts from atmospheric scientist Dr. William Gray. Gray has upped his landfall...

MEMBER FORUM.
July 1, 2001... A Houseboat Is Not a Home I watched the television broadcast of the hearings of the House Coast Guard Subcommittee on recreational boat safety and was reminded of your magazine's article in March; houseboats have certain design flaws that...

DEVIANT READINGS.
July 1, 2001... Since the launch of the Rising Tide Yacht Club (RTYC) this spring, the response has been breathtaking. Boaters from coast to coast and around the globe clearly relate to the idea, presented in May's Deviant Readings, of a virtual yacht club...

West Winds.
July 1, 2001... Like many other Southern California harbors, Santa Barbara's is largely manmade and operated under the collective aegis of several city departments. These entities -- which include Waterfront, Parks and Recreation, and Public Works -- often...

TECHNO -- TALK.
July 1, 2001... The instrument panel on the next boat you buy may look very different from what you are used to: a blank display screen where you normally see the familiar engine gauges. The new display is the visible result of the introduction to boating of a...

Greeced Lightning.
July 1, 2001... In its seven summers of sailing the Greek Islands, the clipper passenger ship Star Flyer has lost only one passenger. A pretty, not-so-young thing went ashore on one of the islands and hired a taxi driver to show her around. By the time they'd...

BOAT BUSTED OVER SEA GRASS.
July 1, 2001... "The gods visit the sins of the father upon the children," said Euripides, but would anyone believe that the sins of a boat's previous owner could be visited upon its current owner? In November of 1999, BoatU.S. member Robert Hicks was...

ANY PROTECTION?
July 1, 2001... Short of getting some of the laws changed, is there anything that boat owners can do to protect themselves from a nightmare such as that which snared our Hatteras owner? A few things: * Check to see what is covered under your own yacht...

HOUSEBOAT HAZARD: a Nationwide Problem.
July 1, 2001... Carbon monoxide poisonings of boaters on the decks of houseboats or in the water at the stern are by no means limited to the rash of accidents uncovered at Lake Powell, federal investigators have found. In fact, more boaters have died in...

Warranting a Closer Look.
July 1, 2001... Nine times out of ten, when the phone rings at the BoatU.S. Consumer Protection Bureau, it's a call from someone wanting to know whether a boat's manufacturer is responsible for correcting a problem. While it often takes a magnifying glass to...

ALWAYS THE OPTIMIST.
July 1, 2001... Take a look at one of today's sleek Soap Box Derby racers, the cars kids and their parents build to race downhill by gravity power, and you'll notice they bear little resemblance to the wooden shipping cases that gave them their name. In fact,...

ANDREA DORIA THE HEIGHT OF.
July 1, 2001... On the bottom at 40[degrees] 29' 30" N and 69[degrees] 50' 36" W, the Atlantic Ocean is a constant 40 to 43 degrees. There's no such thing as slack tide 230 feet below the surface and currents can run two to three knots -- in several directions...

Pillow Talk: Go Soak Your Bilge.
July 1, 2001... It's a law of nature that oil and water don't mix, but it's also a fact of life that oil and boating do -- and usually, quite well. Hydrocarbons -- oil, gasoline, diesel fuel, hydraulic fluids -- play important roles in boating today. But when...

OnLine Boating Safety Course.
July 1, 2001... Nearly 150,000 boaters have improved their boating skills by taking the Foundation's free boating safety course on the Internet. In 2000, the Foundation worked with PWC manufacturers to develop a PWC module that addresses the special needs of...

Boating CourseLine.
July 1, 2001... While the Internet course provides a basic overview of survival skills on the water, boaters can continue their boating safety education through in-depth classroom courses. Each year, the Foundation receives about 70,000 requests for the...

Foundation Findings.
July 1, 2001... Every year, the Foundation performs tests and research on equipment to help consumers properly equip their boats. In 2000, the Foundation examined life jacket safety issues for all boaters--pets too--through its "Foundation Findings" series...

Clean Water Grants.
July 1, 2001... During its third year, this program awarded 10 groups over $10,000 to address environmental issues that affect local waterways. Projects for 2000 included coastal clean-up events, recycling centers for boaters and environmental awareness...

Boating Safety Grants.
July 1, 2001... Grant projects for 2000 addressed life jacket use, children's safety, PWC use, alcohol and boating, proper use of safety equipment, identifying local hazards such as dams or commercial boat traffic, and advertising local safe boating classes....

Life Jacket Loaners for Kids.
July 1, 2001... In 1992, a Water Safety Council in Iowa was awarded a Grassroots Grant for 200 life jackets to start a life jacket loaner program for kids. The project was a big hit, and in 1997, the Foundation adopted the idea for its own nationwide Life...

406 EPIRB Rentals.
July 1, 2001... Offshore boaters use 406 EPIRBs to notify search & rescue authorities in the event of an emergency. Each activation of a rented EPIRB has resulted in swift response from the U.S. Coast Guard working with the BoatU.S. 24-Hour Emergency Response...

Sportsman's Forum.
July 1, 2001... The Sportsman's Forum was created through a grant from the U.S. Coast Guard to address the high rate of fatalities of anglers and hunters on the water. Representatives from the sportsmen's groups, life jacket manufacturers, NASBLA and the...

Fish Tag and Release.
July 1, 2001... In cooperation with the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), the Foundation maintains an educational tag and release program to study fish populations. By participating, recreational anglers provide valuable tracking information used in...

O'Brian Sails Again.
July 1, 2001... Devoted fans of the late author Patrick O'Brian's early 19th century-based nautical fiction should keep an eye and ear open for the release of a new 20th Century Fox movie based on his first book "Master and Commander." Although the movie was...

Women Anglers Reel 'Em In.
July 1, 2001... "I learned that men aren't born with fishing genes -- women can be good at fishing, too." That's how one participant summed up her experience at April's "Ladies, Let's Go Fishing" seminar. About 80 women attended the handson, hooks-in...

The Show Must Go On.
July 1, 2001... TV talk show superstar Geraldo Rivera has lived in the Big Apple long enough to figure out that traveling to his studio via the Hudson River is the quickest way to work. Dodging the barges and other river traffic is easy compared to getting...

Holmes On BoatU.S. Council.
July 1, 2001... BoatU.S. Chairman Richard Schwartz announced the appointment of Charles J. Holmes, national director for Venturing and Sea Scouting at Boy Scouts of America to the BoatU.S. National Advisory Council, May 11. Holmes, a professional Scouting...

Grassroots Grants Available.
July 1, 2001... Need to bankroll a boating safety project? The BoatU.S. Foundation is looking for grassroots groups that want to address safety issues at the local level through educational projects. For the 13th year, the Foundation will award grants --...

Fall Trawler Meet Set.
July 1, 2001... The Chesapeake Bay Grand Banks Owners 17th annual rendezvous is set for Oct. 3-7 at the Tides Lodge, Irving, VA. Grand Banks owners from outside the Chesapeake area are welcome.

Keeping a Promise.
July 1, 2001... "Rendering aid to those in need" is key to the Sea Scouts' mission and this spring a group from East Moline, IL, lived up to that promise. Sea Scouts from Ship 9, Henry took over station duties for the U.S. Coast Guard during the recent...

BoatU.S. Insurance Adds Another Service.
July 1, 2001... One of the biggest assets of BoatU.S. Marine Insurance is its employees, who are boaters themselves. They understand the importance of moving quickly on an insurance claim, so you can get back to having fun. Their newest service is online...

SAVING FUEL KNOT SO HARD.
July 1, 2001... This summer, for the second year in a row, America's boaters find themselves heading straight into the wind. The price of fuel has soared to the heavens, faster even than the hot air generated by the politicians trying to explain it away. ...