Boating fatalities commonly involve individuals not wearing a life jacketThe importance of wearing a life jacket while recreating on Arizona’s waterways is
sadly reflected in the most recent statistics involving boating tragedies.
Help your community have access to infant, child and young adult-sized life jackets at no cost.
Marinas, waterfront restaurants, boat clubs and other businesses wishing to make an impact on boating safety in their home waters can apply now to become a BoatUS Foundation Kid’s Life Jacket Loaner program site.
National Safe Boating Week will be held from May 17-23, 2025. National Safe Boating Week will be held from May 17-23, 2025, reminding all boaters to brush up on boating safety skills and prepare for the boating season.
Why is safety such a hard sell? Why should water and boating safety officials across the country even have to try? Its always interesting that those most interested in the topic are rarely, if ever, those that would most benefit from learning about it and adopting the culture.
Three Boating Safety Tips Are Vital For Fall Boating
Fall boating season has arrived, and with it come different types of risks that cold water and air temperatures bring. Here are three boating safety tips from the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water just right for leaf peeping season.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department (AZGFD) was recognized by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) for offering the nation’s first paddle-sports class that meets the national standard for ”On-Water Recreational Boating Skills – Human Propelled.” AZGFD’s “Paddlesports Arizona” course teaches fundamental paddlecraft skills that entry-level recreational boaters should be able to demonstrate after receiving instruction.
The Arizona Game and Fish Department’s Boating Safety Education courses include instruction on the basic skills required to safely operate a boat or personal watercraft, trailering your vessel, navigational rules, buoys, anchoring, legal requirements, boating emergencies, water sports and paddling.
When parents tell a child to put on an average awkwardly-fitting PFD, the response is usually eye-rolling, groaning and pleading. But those days are gone with Bombora’s new line of Kid Vests created especially for young boaters.
No-cost, no-penalty vessel safety checks, which up until last season were given more than 150,000 times each year by hundreds of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary and U.S. Power Squadrons volunteers at launch ramps, boat clubs and marinas, are back.
To learn much more about boating safety and regulations in Arizona, take the certified 8-hour Game and Fish Department boating safety classes. It’s fun and you can amaze your friends with your knowledge.