The United States �RBS Program Report

Verne Gifford

Verne.B.Gifford2@uscg.mil

(504) 982-3717

What a Year and a Half

• 26% More Accidents
• More Boating Activity
• More New Boat Owners
• Education and Vessel Exam � Challenges
• Enforcement Issues

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Accidents By Year

Deaths By Year

Summer Deaths (J, J, A)

Motorboat and Paddlecraft �Deaths By Year

Open Motorboat, PWC, Pontoon, and Cabin Motorboat Deaths By Year

Canoe, Kayak, SUP and Rowboat Deaths By Year

Percentage of Deaths By Drowning and PFD Wear Percentage of Victims

PFD Wear

• Analysis on Nature of Drownings
• Analysis of BAC for Drowning � Victims
• Enforcement Tactics to � Encourage PFD Wear

Deaths By Boat Rental Status

Accident Types With Large Increases

• Collision, fixed object
• Collision, rec boat
• Departed vessel
• Ejected from vessel
• Flooding
• Grounding
• Struck by vessel
• Sinking
• Skiing

30%

45%

63%

27%

54%

36%

59%

122%

69%

Carbon Monoxide Deaths

Deaths Per 100,000 Registered Vessels

Activity

• 2018 NRBSS
• 2020
• Challenge: Develop an Indicator

The NRBSS Included Two Surveys

• Participation
• National
• Quarterly
• 5K responses
• 13-Page Survey Instrument
• 73-Page Survey Report
• Exposure
• By State
• Monthly
• 30K total responses, but needed to reach monthly, State totals
• 14-Page Survey Instrument
• 131-Page Survey Report

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Boat owner?

5 in Household:

Gender?

Age?

Relation?

Hispanic?

Race?

Employment?

Income?

Marital Status?

Registered?

Documented?

Unregistered?

For up to 6 boats:

Length?

Type?

Registered?

Documented?

Owner?

> 3 Mi in 12Mo?

Stored?

State?

Zip Code?

Operational?

For up to 6 boats:

Days U/W?

Days You O/B?

Trailered there?

How many times / day?

Hours U/W?

Which State?

Body of Water?

You on Last Outing?

$1

Y or N

Y

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

N

Name and Email?

Reported?

Injuries or Damage?

Casualty and Type?

U/W?

You Operate?

$10

Record

Record

Record

Y

Y

For up to 6 boats:

Did you operate?

Your Yrs of Experience on Boat?

Your Yrs of Experience on Boat Type?

Persons 12 Yrs -?

Persons 13 Yrs +?

Life Jacket for Each?

Wearing Life Jacket Entire Time?

Activities?

EPIRB?

PLB?

ECOS?

VHF-DSC Radio?

Y or N

Boat?

5 in Household:

Gender?

Age?

Relation?

Hispanic?

Race?

Employment?

Income?

Marital Status?

How Many Days?

Household Count?

By Household Member:

Who boated?

By Household Member:

Why Not Boat?

6 Boats:

Length?

Boat Type?

Registered?

State?

Documented?

Who Owns?

How Many Boats Owned?

$10

$1

Y

Y

Y

Y

N

N

N

N

By Household Member:

Days Boating?

Activities?

Boat Types?

Ownership?

Operator?

How often Life Jacket worn?

When Boating Safety Course?

Anyone Boat?

Own a Boat?

Name and Email?

uscgboating.org

New Boat Owners

• Infolink Stats
• Accident Stats
• Challenge: Reaching New � Boaters

Education and Vessel Exams

• Numbers
• Accident Stats
• Challenge: Reaching New � Boaters

Enforcement

• Engine Cut-Off Switch Link Wear
• BUI
• Patrols

Engine Cut-Off Switch (ECOS) Link (ECOSL) Wear Requirement, �46 USC §4312

1. On a recreational vessel AND
2. Less than 26 feet AND
3. Has a motor capable of 115 pounds of static thrust (3 HP) AND
4. On plane or above displacement speed AND
5. Equipped with an ECOS OR Built after 12/4/2019

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Engine Cut-Off Switch (ECOS) Link Wear Requirements

• Joe Gatfield: “Does this apply to � Canadian Vessels?”

“No, not if they are temporarily �(< 60 days) operating in U.S. Waters.”

Percent of Fatalities with �Alcohol as a Contributing Factor

BUI

• Analysis on Testing on Victims
• Analysis on BUI Detection

QUESTIONS

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• Verne Gifford�Verne.B.Gifford2@uscg.mil�202-372-1051

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