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Numerous Refinements
Added To New Runabouts
ACTIVE SEASON The most active of the
trinal seasons for the boat owner Is near
at hand along most waterfronts, and espe
cially those that have been winter-bound
since last season. The first breath of spring
will bring out entire families to prepare
their boats for the months ahead. Even
the small fry can be kept amused, or busy,
at fitting-out time.
Boating Accidents Claimed on
Decline As Program Gains
Builders of outboard run
abouts have added numerous
refinements to their 1962
lines, with many new models
coming complete with all nec-
essary equipment.
Appointments among the
highlights of this year's out
board runabout fleet include
complete steering systems,
built - in gasoline tanks, con
vertible upholstered seats,
rakish hardware, synthetic
woodgrained deck surface
coverings, and transoms that
can handle high horsepower
motors. Use of aluminum,
wood and fiberglass as con
struction materials continues
at about the same pace as in
recent years.
"Sunbather Seats"
Aiuma Craft's aluminum
18-foot Queen Merrie Deluxe
runabout has a carpeted floor,
convertible top and built In
tanks as standard equipment.
Glastron has sleeper seats on
some models and built in
Traveler, building both
aluminum and fiberglass
boats, includes a three-piece
windshield, sliding side win
dows, folding top and Siesta
seats (convertible to lounge),
on its new 17-foot Saturn.
Brunswick leads its Owens
line of fiberglass runabouts
with the 16 - foot Bedford
priced at $1,195, including
complete hardware and foam
upholstered "sunbather" seats,
and can take motors up to 85
horsepower.
Fisher-Pierce's 16! - foot
glass and foam Boston Whal
ers are available in various
models, from the bare hull
to the Easport model that has
a top and equipment for $1,
195. A smaller Whaler's bare
13-foot hull sells for $645.
Dorsett has convertible
seats in the 14 V4 - foot Bel
mont and the 17 - foot Lexing
ton. The company s 17 - foot
Catalina Day Cruiser has two
ice-chest on the Sportsman bunks, stowage space, built-
161. in fold-out table.
Recreational boating mis
haps were reported on the de
cline in 1961 as a spontaneous
safely education program
gained momentum from coast-to-coast.
Statistics revealed
there were 43 per cent less
boats involved in accidents
on Federally controlled waters
during the first eight months
of the year compared with
the same period of calendar
I960, and other state and in
dustry agencies reported de
clines in casualties despite a
continued increase in boating
activity.
The impact of the current
safe boating drive is being
delivered through numerous
outlets as national and local
organizations combine their
efforts in working toward the
common goal. This fact was
brought out forcefully last
year when Capt. Richard Bax
ter, chief, Auxiliary Division,
United States Coast Guard, an
nounced that more than 1,000
local safe boating communi
ties had been established
throughout the country on a
permanent basis.
School Boating Courses
The National Safe Boating
Week committee, headed by
Captain Baxter and compris
ed of representatives of 12
other national organizations
interested in safety afloat, has
been chiefly responsible for
the widespread formation of
the safe boating committees
in waterfront communities.
While the observance, by pres-
idential proclamation, covers
only a week, the event has
focused attention on the need
for safe boating education and
resulted in the creation of the
local groups cooperating on a
seasonal or annual basis.
National Safe Boating Week
will be observed for 1962 dur
ing the period of July 1 to
July 7.
In addition to the Coast
Guard, the Coast Guard Aux
iliary, American Boat and
Yacht Council, American Na
tional Red Cross, Girl Scouts
of the United States of Amer
ica, National Association of
Engine and Boat Manufac
turers, National Council Boy
Scouts of America, National
Safe Boating Association, Na- -tional
Safety Council, Out
board Boathing Club of Amer
ica, United States Power
Squadrons, Yacht Safety Bu
reau and American Power
Boat Association are repre
sented on the National Safe
Boating Week committee.
The Committee's emphasis
on the need for boating safety
education has spread through
member organizations Into
school systems, the Adult Ed
ucation Program, the Outdoor
Education Project of the
American Association for
Ilcalth, Physical Education
and Recreation, and other
flute and educational agencies.
The United States Power
Squadron, with 312 units
throughout the country and
one of the first organizations
to schedule free classes in
boating instruction, conduct
ed 1,816 courses last year be
fore a total of 332,616 stu
dents. The Coast Guard Aux
iliary, which has education
as only one of its official
facets, handed out 114,000
certificates to students com
pleting its boating courses.
Red Cross permanent and vol
unteer instructors issued 20,
000 Small Craft Certificates
while exposing additional
hundreds of thousands to sofe
boating practices in 158,308
water safety classes. All of
these classes were free but the
Red Cross does require boat
ing course students to know
how to swim.
Despite their internal edu
cational programs, instructors
from these organizations were
able to assist in presenting
public school boat safety
courses in Illinois, Michigan,
New York, Ohio, Virginia and
Washington in the Adult Ed
ucation Program, where in
structors must be highly qual
ified, in Massachusetts, the
Chicago Metropolitan area,
and Southern California.
In addition, these organiza
tions and instructors from
the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts,
Y.M.C.A., 4-H Clubs and Sea
Explorers helped New York
State's Division of Motor
Boats get its Young Boatmen's
Safety Course started for boys
and girls aged 10 to 14. Ala
bama's Department of Con
servation prepared a series of
eight water safety instruction
programs for youngsters un
der the age of 12 and these
were televised from the Uni
versity of Alabama Education
al TV studios.
Additional boating educa
tional outlets will be added
this year as the National Safe
Boating Week committee's
work continues to spread. New
boating safety courses are be
ing prepared, for- both old
sters and youngsters, many to
be reached through schools,
colleges, and universities.
Dr. Julian W. Smith, direc
tor, Outdoor Education Proj
ect, Michigan State Univer
sity, states: "We have conduct
ed boating and water safety
demonstrations in many of
our stale and regional work
shops and are now hoping to
do a more intensive job in
the boating phase of outdoor
education.
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