TORONTO, May 20, 2021 /CNW/ – North American Safe Boating Awareness Week will take place across Canada from May 22^nd to May 28^th, 2021. The purpose of this initiative, managed by the CSBC (Canadian Safe Boating Council) and its partners, is to promote safe and responsible boating practices

In Canada, 16 million people enjoy recreational boating.  That number is going up, some say by large double-digit percentage increases (20, 30 even 40 %), driven the past and this coming year by Covid-19.  Social distancing and restricted travel have been keeping people closer to home.  Marine dealers across North America have reported empty shelves of boating safety gear and exhausted inventories of new and used boats as many people new to boating have made purchases and are taking to the water for the first time.

Although this ‘new’ to boating group has made boating safety information more critical than ever before, prior to COVID, boating safety was still an important communication by boating safety educators and advocates to make boaters more aware of their roles and responsibilities to themselves, their passengers, other boaters and those on shore.

There are five key boating safety messages directed towards the most common boating related accidents.  They include:

1. Wear a lifejacket
2. Boat sober.  
3. Be prepared.  Both you and your boat.
4. Take a boating course
5. Be aware of cold water risks.

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