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Mike Schoonveld: Boating fatality numbers at all-time low
I am a frequent boater and have been most of my life. I don’t think of boating as a particularly unsafe activity (it’s not) but I also don’t think of it as more or less safe now than when I started boating decades ago.
Recent statistics released by the U.S. Coast Guard changed that mindset. According to the USCG, in the past 50 years or so boating safety has increased dramatically.
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Mike Schoonveld: Boating fatality numbers at all-time low
I am a frequent boater and have been most of my life. I don’t think of boating as a particularly unsafe activity (it’s not) but I also don’t think of it as more or less safe now than when I started boating decades ago.
Recent statistics released by the U.S. Coast Guard changed that mindset. According to the USCG, in the past 50 years or so boating safety has increased dramatically.
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