It’s National Safe Boating Week, and local and state agencies are reminding boaters to follow the rules of the water.
Operating a boat the wrong way can cause damage in ways you can’t even see, and the trickle-down effect from going too fast in a wake zone can cause some costly destruction.“If you’re going too fast in a wake zone, and you’ve got docks and boats up here, the wake could push the boats into the docks and it could break the docks or damage the vessels,” said FWC Public Information Officer Trevor Hausler.
“The water’s splashing up and it’s washing the dirt and it’s washing the grass, it’s also taking the fertilizer we use in our yards to make them look pretty, and it’s putting it in our waterways,” Hausler said.For those who might be thinking about renting a boat, the FWC has a warning that one renter learned the hard way.
Liveries can’t rent to anyone under 18 and no one younger than 14 can operate a boat on Florida waters. Boat traffic often threatens manatees and being hit by a boat can be deadly for the slow-moving creatures.
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