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involving alcohol use, over half the victims

capsized their boats and/or fell overboard.

Alcohol is even more hazardous on the

water than on land. The marine environ-

ment of motion, vibration, engine noise,

sun, wind and spray accelerate a drinker’s

impairment. These stressors cause fatigue

that makes a boat operator’s coordination,

judgment and reaction time decline even

faster when using alcohol.

As a result of alcohol’s effects, a boat op-

erator with a blood alcohol concentration of

approximately .10 percent is estimated to be

more than 10 times as likely to die in a boat-

ing accident than an operator with zero blood

alcohol concentration. Passengers are also at

greatly increased risk for injury or death, es-

pecially if they are also using alcohol.

The Coast Guard and every state have strin-

gent penalties for violating BUI laws. Penalties

can include large nes, suspension or revoca-

tion of boat operator privileges, and jail time.

The Coast Guard and the states cooperate fully

in enforcement in order to remove impaired

boat operators from the waters.

In waters that are overseen solely by the

states, the states have the authority to enforce

their own BUI statutes. In state waters that are

also subject to U.S. jurisdiction, there is concur-

rent jurisdiction. That means if a boater is appre-

hended under Federal law in these waters, the

Coast Guard will (unless precluded by state law)

request that state law enforcement ofcers take

the intoxicated boater into custody. Depending

on the circumstances, the operator may be ar-

rested. Penalties vary, but in many jurisdictions

operators found guilty of BUI can expect a civil

penalty of at least $1,000 or criminal penalty of

$5,000, one year of imprisonment or both. Civil

lawsuits in cases of property damage or injury/

death to others can result in signicantly more

serious penalties.

Intoxication from drugs, including legal pre-

scription drugs, is an equally serious matter and

is dealt with as seriously as alcohol.

Registration, Numbering

and Documentation

Although it might not be immediately

obvious as to how this relates to boating

safety, in fact it can be critical in emergen-

cies. All undocumented vessels equipped

with propulsion machinery must be reg-

istered in the state of principal use. A cer-

ticate of number will be issued upon reg-

istering the vehicle. These numbers must

be displayed on your vessel. The owner/

operator of the vessel must carry a valid

certicate of number whenever the vessel

is in use. When moving to a new state of

principal use, the certicate is valid for 60

days. Check with your state boating author-

ity for registration requirements.

Numbers must be painted or permanently

attached to each side of the forward half of

the vessel. The validation stickers must be

afxed within six inches of the registration

number. With the exception of the vessel fee

decal, no other letters or numbers may be

displayed nearby. Lettering must be in plain,

vertical block characters of not less than

three (3) inches in height. Spaces or hyphens

between letter and number groupings must

be equal to the width of a letter other than

“i” or a number other than “1.”

The owner of a vessel must notify the

agency which issued the certicate of

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