Coast Guard To "Drop Anchor" On Monday

Coast Guard Public Affairs Detachment Los Angeles

MEDIA ADVISORY

Date: 15 May 2008 Contact: PADET L.A. (310) 521-4260

Demonstration for Media The Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary will hold a demonstration for the media on Monday morning to help highlight safe boating and kick off the National Safe Boating Week which begins Saturday. During the demonstration, media can talk to boating safety experts, see signal flair demonstrations an even have the chance for a reporter to participate in an inflatable personal floatation device (life vest) demonstration in the water. When: Monday, 19 May, 2008 Where: 13871 West Fiji Way, Marina Del Rey, 90292 The demonstration will start at 8 a.m. Interested media should show up at 7:30 a.m. Statistics show that California is second in the nation behind Florida for boating accidents with 569 reported in 2006 and third in fatalities with 42. The purpose of this event is to highlight all the proper safety gear that each boater should have on their boat and stress the use of life jackets to prevent fatalities. At the end of Boating Safety Week, over the Memorial Day weekend, the Coast Guard and Coast Guard Auxiliary will also be offering FREE boat checks at various locations in the LA area so boaters can see if they have everything they are required to have before getting out on the water. If law enforcement stops them on the water without all the proper gear on board they can be fined for it, ours will be free With the February nationwide switch to all Digital from analog we want to also stress to boaters that signals from the old analog Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons (121.1 MHz) will no longer be monitored. Only the new 406 MHz EPIRBs will be usable and they need to make sure they have the right one. If you are interested or would like more information, please call Lt. j.g. Andrew Munoz at 310-521-3610 or Public Affairs at 310-521-4260. http://www.uscgboating.org/ Related news releases https://www.uscglosangeles.com/go/doc/834/202059/ https://www.uscglosangeles.com/go/doc/834/201801/ http://www.uscglosangeles.com/go/doc/834/202150/ http://www.uscglosangeles.com/go/doc/834/202969/

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