National Safe Boating Week is Coming

This is an extremely busy time in the Coast Guard Auxiliary. The largest Recreational Boating Safety (RBS) effort of the year is nearly upon us - National Safe Boating Week (NSBW). This is the week leading up to Memorial Day, usually the last full week of May. The Coast Guard in the 7th District (D7) is mounting a large public awareness campaign that I hope will make a big splash - the "Wear-It" Tour - a tour down the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) from Jacksonville, FL to Miami, FL. The tour is a joint effort between the Coast Guard, the CG Auxiliary, and the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). It will start in Jacksonville on Sunday 23 May and end in Miami on Friday 28 May. There will be media and public-awareness and public-access events all along the way, including a Vessel Safety Check (VSC) event at Phil Foster Park in Riviera Beach on Thursday 27 May. I will write more about it as the time gets closer.