AT THE HELM
VOLUME XVIII, No. 3, JUNE/JULY 2012
IT’S ALL IN YOUR PREP
RECENTLY, I ATTENDED A COAST GUARD MEETING, and was struck by
an assumption that boaters always have the federally required safety
equipment. In fact, we don’t. In the last few years, Coast Guard data
shows that about 25 percent of the boats involved in fatal boating
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