Lowtide U.S. Coast Guard Operation Paddle Smart A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin The first warning horn is at 6:50 pm
with Fast Boats at 7:00 pm, Half Fast Boats at 7:05 pm, Cruisers at 7:10 pm and Dinghies at 7:15 pm. Contact Laura at (206) 229-3339 or Paul at (206) 935-8105 or
www.duckdodge.org July 5: Prom Night July 12: Bastille Day Night July 19: Whidbey Island Race Week - No Duck Dodge. July 26: Toga Night August 2: Mardi Gras Night August 9: Tropical Night August 16: No theme August 23: Pajama Night August 30: Tarts & Vicars Night Sept. 6: Committee Re-appreciation Night & Hats 'n' Wigs Theme October 29: Rum Run - Shilshole Bay to Port Madison
About Boating Safely July 9
About Boating Safely, One-Day
Certificate Class will be taught by the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary at the Squalicum Yacht Club in Bellingham. This is an introductory boating course with an emphasis on recreational boating safety in the Pacific Northwest. For more informat ion and
reservations please contact: John Milczewski at (360) 739-1310, or email to
john@bli.net or visit
www.bliaux.com
America’s Boating Course August 4
The Bremerton Sail and Power
Squadron will be offering America’s Boating Course beginning on August 4th and continuing on Thursday evenings from 6:30 until 9:00pm until August 25th. The class will be held at the Jackson Park Community Center, Olding Rd, Bremerton. The course is for all boaters. Pre-registration is not required. Call Kevin Pisani at (360) 479-1085 or email him at
seokp@comcast.net
helicopter from Air Station Port Angeles, Coast Guard Auxiliary vessel, the Jefferson County Sheriff and a Good Samaritan searched for a possible person in the water on the west side of Hood Canal in Dabob Bay. The Good Samaritan discovered an
unmanned, capsized kayak earlier in the day and contacted the Coast Guard. After searching for nearly two hours, the Coast Guard suspended the search. The kayak had no identifying
markings on it that would enable the Coast Guard to contact the owner to determine if there was an emergency, if the vessel broke free from its mooring or if the vessel was derelict. Operation Paddle Smart is a Coast
Guard initiative which provides free water-proof stickers for labeling owner identification and contact information to small, paddle craft vessels. In the event that the Coast Guard
receives a report or discovers a paddle craft adrift, there is no way to determine
if the vessel was washed off of a beach during high tide or was separated from its owner during the course of a boating accident. Subsequently, the Coast Guard has to assume the owner is in trouble and needs assistance until it can find evidence to support otherwise. As a result the Coast Guard spends
hundreds of thousands of tax dollars per year searching for potential people in distress when there was no one in danger to begin with. The information on the Paddle
Smart sticker can correct this problem by allowing response entities to quickly identify the vessel's owner and aid search and rescue planners in determining the best course of action. For additional information or
where the stickers can be obtained:
www.d13publicaffairs.com/go/ doc/21/518007/Feature-Release- Operation-Paddle-Smart or contact the Thirteenth Coast Guard District Public Affairs office at (206) 220-7237.
fisheriessupply.com (206) 632-4462 1900 N. Northlake Way Seattle, WA 98103
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