October 20, 2025
BoatUS Foundation Launches New Safety Microcourses
BoatUS launched two new boating safety microcourses focused on safe navigation. Aids to Navigation Basics helps boaters understand the meaning of basic buoys and markers, and reinforces the importance of…
April 7, 2025
BoatUS Offers Spring Checklist
Start the boating season off right with BoatUS’s Spring Commissioning Checklist — the ultimate guide to getting your boat back in the water. Regardless of your experience level and whether…
January 22, 2024
BoatUS Warns of Fraudulent US Coast Guard Documental Renewal Letters
PHOTO COURTESY OF BOATUSBoatUS is advising boaters who own vessels that have a U.S. Coast Guard Certificate of Documentation to be wary of letters arriving by U.S. mail offering renewal.…
May 19, 2022
Three Boat Safety Changes You Need To Know
PHOTO COURTESY OF BOATUSBoatUS is reminding boaters of three new safety regulations from the U.S. Coast Guard, just in time for National Safe Boating Week on May 21 - 27. …
March 24, 2022
Pandemic Leads to Spike in Online Boater Education
PHOTO COURTESY OF BOATUS FOUNDATIONThe Water Sports Foundation recently reported a notable surge in boater education across the country, as well as an increase in online education offerings. The surge…
April 28, 2021
West Marine Partners Up for 2021 National Safe Boating Week
PHOTO COURTESY OF WEST MARINEWith the rise in boating activity and increase in new boaters on the water, West Marine is more dedicated than ever to helping educate and promote…
March 17, 2021
April 1 Marks the Start of the New Engine Cutoff Switch Law
PHOTO COURTESY OF NATIONAL SAFE BOATING COUNCILIt’s time to check and make sure your engine cutoff switch is working because starting April 1, the new federal engine cutoff switch law…
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