Oct 12 2010
On last Saturday, October 9th, the Second Life Coast Guards hosted a memorial service for Niki Writer at SLCG Station Santa Catalina. A large crowd came to pay tribute to Niki. To preserve her memory, here are excerpts from last Saturday’s Memorial Service for SLCG’s Chief Petty officer Niki Writer held at SLCG Station Santa Catalina.
Oct 07 2010
Mar 17 2010
SLCG Station - Santa Catalina
[Ed. Note: SLSailing.Com welcomes the SL Coast Guard to our pages. The SLCG will be doing regular postings about SLCG News and activities. In this first installment Sanstrom Laxness publishes a proclamation about Boat Safety Week in SL. - MTW]
PROCLAMATION
Recreational boating is fun and enjoyable, and we are fortunate that we have sufficient resources to accommodate the wide variety of pleasure boating demands. However, our waterways can become crowded at times and be a place of chaos and confusion. While being a marvelous source of recreation, boating, to the unprepared, can be a risky sport. Not knowing or obeying the Navigation Rules or the nautical “Rules of the Road,” drinking alcohol or taking drugs while operating a boat, or choosing not to wear your life jacket when doing so is clearly not the smart thing to do, are all examples of human error or a lack of proper judgment. One particular behavior that can reduce the number of boaters who lose their lives by drowning each year by approximately 80% is the wearing of a life jacket. It is a simple task that has the potential to reduce terrible loss in lives.
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