Boating Safety is Not Rocket Science

The 19th century writer and public speaker George William Curtis once said, “It is not the ship, so much as the skillful sailing that assures the prosperous voyage.” And Atlantic Canada’s recreational boating community has undoubtedly some of the most skilled sailors you will find anywhere in the world. However, despite the skill and state-of-the-art equipment possessed by most recreational boaters in our region, tragically, people are still drowning. In fact, drowning deaths were ...