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OP PADDLESMART 2009
Recreational Boating Safety Pulse Op
“WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET,
9 out of 10 Drowning Victims don’t”
• Over 50% of all recreational boating fatalities are in non-motorized vessels
• 80% are the result of Fall Overboard/Capsizing & Sudden Cold Water Immersion
• In 90% of those fatalities, people were not wearing life jackets
• Kayaking is the fastest growing sport over the past 10 year period
Increased Life Jacket Wear
Sudden Cold Water Immersion
1 APRIL 2009
Thru 1 NOVEMBER 2009
• Paddler Focus – Media Campaign
– Public Education– Marine Dealer Visitors
– Vessel Safety Checks
• Maximize the opportunity to get the word out
US Coast Guard Sectors, US Coast Guard Auxiliary D1,United States Power Squadrons,
State BLAs as partners
• Target Launch Sites
• Target Dealerships– Request they include or
highly suggest the sale of a Life Jacket with EVERY Paddlecraft
– Have them include our Paddlesmart info Packett with every sale
• Focus on New Boaters• Target Impulse Buyer
• Paddler Interaction
Vessel Safety Checks
Cold Water Immersion
Survival Time Discussion
PFD Requirements
Paddlesmart Packet Distribution !!!
Information Packets: Safe Boating Tips Smart Start for Safe Paddling Paddler’s Safety Checklist Off-Season Boating Cold
Shock & Hypothermia Paddle Safe! Have Fun PADDLESMART Bumper
Sticker Kayak/Canoe Ownership
Stickers Federal Requirements for
Paddlecraft
FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PADDLE CRAFT
(AS OF 23MAY08) (Presented in a single sheet format has been added to your packet)
The following items are required minimum equipment for paddle craft:
PFDs: 1 TYPE I, II, III, OR V LIFE JACKET IS REQUIRED FOR EACH POB.
TYPE V MUST BE WORN IAW LABEL DIRECTIONS
CHILDREN UNDER 13 MUST WEAR PFD (IF THE STATE HAS ESTABLISHED WEAR
REQUIREMENTS THEY TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS)
SOUND PRODUCING SOME MEANS OF MAKING
DEVICE: AN EFFICIENT SIGNAL IS REQUIRED.
VISUAL DISTRESS IF OPERATING BETWEEN SUNSET
DEVICE: AND SUNRISE MUST CARRY A VDS
SUITABLE FOR NIGHT USE – EITHER 1
ELECTRIC LIGHT (FLASHLIGHT) OR 3
COMBO DAY/NIGHT FLARES
NAVIGATION IF OPERATING BETWEEN SUNSET
LIGHTS: AND SUNRISE, 1 WHITE LIGHT (FLASHLIGHT ACCEPTABLE)
OR NAV LIGHTS FOR A SAILING VESSEL
ANCHORING LIGHTS: NOT REQUIRED UNLESS ANCHORING
IN/NEAR A NARROW CHANNEL/FAIRWAY – 1 ALL AROUND WHITE LIGHT
Distribution of Ownership Stickers: Explain Their Importance
If your Paddlecraft is found, it can be returned to you A simple phone call can alert if you are OK, or separated from
your paddlecraft and in need of assistance
D1 2008 Statistics & Success
There was a slight decline in the First Coast Guard District Recreational Boating and Paddling fatalities in 2008
There were 55 fatalities in 2008
as compared to 58 in 2007
Of the total 55 fatalities in 2008 only one person, a 3-year old girl on a 16’ capsized sailboat, wore a life jacket
2008 Statistics & Success cont.
In looking at only Paddlesport Fatalities
D1 had a total of 23 in 2007
and 14 in 2008
A reduction of 39.13%
No one was wearing a life jacket
D1 2008 Statistics & Success cont.
Breakdown with type of Paddlecraft
15 Canoe fatalities in 2007 vs.
10 in 2008 - a one-third reduction
8 Kayak fatalities in 2007 vs.
4 in 2008 - a fifty percent reduction
Instructions on completing and returning the 2009
Operation Paddlesmart Semi-Monthly Summary Report
o Appoint a Project Manager for your unit
o The Project Manager will submit a Semi-Monthly report to the Cape Office via email to
Attention Bob Nolan @ [email protected]
o Have the report sent by the 14th and 28th of each month, April through 1 November
o Paddlesmart Materials shipped in early March at a quantity of 50
Additional quantities can be ordered for special events by contacting COMO Belmore via email at [email protected]
Additional Report Forms can be found at: http://a013.uscgaux.info/OPPS_09.htm
