Auxiliary Goals related to BoatSmart are:

- a 30% increase in the number of students in public education courses;
- a focus on education for high risk boaters (PWC, canoes, kayaks and small open motorboats)
- a goal of 200,000 VSC's in 2001

What can you do to help achieve these goals?

High Risk Areas and Boaters Groups in First Southern
The following information may be helpful in targeting areas and groups. This data is gathered from accident reports and other relevant information.

What's working?

(This is a place to share any ideas that work or that you think may work.
Please send your ideas to Tom Venezio, DDO-RBS.)

Part of spreading the word about boating safety is getting the
information out to the public regarding Vessel Safety Checks and Public
Education courses. The Division 24 website does a great job of getting
this information out. Check it out at
http://www.uscgaux.org/~01424/

Give-aways are great! In Division 15, coupons for a free ice cream cone are given to children who are wearing PFD's. These can be used while on patrol or at a VSC station. The coupons were provided by Stewarts Ice Cream and Friendly's Ice Cream with help from the local assemblyman. A discount coupon toward the purchase of a PFD is also provided for children without PFD's. These are provided by the Northeastern NY Marine Trades Association. On one Sunday afternoon, the coupons and visibility lead to about 25 VSC's.

In response to a fatal boat accident on Lake George, the Ticonderaoga
Fire Department teamed up with the Coast Guard Auxiliary (Division 15)
and the Coast Guard (Station Burlington, Vt.) to offer a Boating Safety
workshop and Vessel Safety Check Station. The two hour seminar was
attended by approximately 25 people and provided an excellent
opportunity to reinforce the basics of boating safely. Thanks to Tricia
and Gregg Trask for facilitating this event.

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