Boating Safety

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  June 08, 2006
  June 8, 2006 - Coast Guard assists crew of grounded Eagle (3.46 MB)
  
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  June 08, 2006
  June 8, 2006 - Coast Guard assists crew of grounded vessel (3.27 MB)
  
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  May 31, 2006
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  July 18, 2005
  July 18, 2005, 1 p.m. AST - Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers do their BEST - 17th District Office of Public Affairs Photo (389.86 KB)
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Team boarding officers, Coast Guard cutter Hickory boarding officers and Alaska State Trooper Shannon Fore discuss how to proceed with Cooper Wellman, Big Lake resident and repeat offender Sunday. Wellman has refused for years to register his wave runner. Wellman also had an expired fire extinguisher onboard. He was issued a citation for not having registration and his voyage was terminated because of the fire extinguisher. The Hickory - AST team escorted Wellman back to his dock. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Sara Francis.)
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  July 18, 2005
  July 18, 2005, 1:30 p.m. AST - Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers do their BEST - 17th District Office of Public Affairs Photo (334.48 KB)
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Alaska State Trooper Shannon Fore and Coast Guard cutter Hickory boarding team officers, Ensign Kevin Lamb and Petty Officer Second Class Mark MacDonald, discuss vessel registration with Ricky Hanson. Hanson, a Big Lake resident, had not registered his boat. The mistake came from changes to the state registration rules several years ago. All of Hanson's safety equipment was in good condition. He and his passengers continued their voyage. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Sara Francis.)
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  July 18, 2005
  July 18, 2005, 1:30 p.m. AST - Coast Guard, Alaska State Troopers do their BEST - 17th District Office of Public Affairs Photo (476.45 KB)
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  ANCHORAGE, Alaska - A boarding team from Coast Guard Marine Safety and Security Team Anchorage conduct safety boardings on Big Lake during the July 4th holiday weekend. The boardings were conducted in cooperation with Alaska State Troopers and boarding officers from the Coast Guard cutter Hickory. During the holiday weekend the two teams conducted 44 boardings and terminated 11 voyages. (Official Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Sara Francis.)
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  May 23, 2005
  May 23, 2005, 3:30 p.m. AST - Clutching safe boating - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo (2.48 MB)
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  JUNEAU, Alaska – A young girl keeps a grip on her McDonald’s restaurant ice cream voucher she earned Saturday for wearing a life jacket aboard her father’s boat in Auke Bay Harbor. The Coast Guard Auxiliary here conducted a series of free vessel safety checks and tours. Saturday marked the beginning of National Safe Boating Week. (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Noreen Folkerts, Coast Guard Auxiliary, Juneau Flotilla)
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  May 02, 2005
  May 2, 2005, 2:40 p.m. AST - Teaching boating safety to middle schoolers - 17th District Office of Public Affairs photo taken April 29, 2005 (2.66 MB)
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  JUNEAU, Alaska - Mike Swanson (right), the 17th Coast Guard District Recreational Boating Safety Specialist and a retired Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer, dons a life jacket on a Floyd Dryden Middle School student Friday at the Alaska Army National Guard hangar here during a two-day session where Coast Guard personnel taught boating and water safety to the students. (Official U.S. Coast Guard photo by Noreen Folkerts)