Boat safety, training key to staying safe on July Fourth weekend on the water
"There's a real lack of training, and after COVID, a lot of people started using boats for lack of being able or allowed to do other things," a Coast Guard educator said.
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"There's a real lack of training, and after COVID, a lot of people started using boats for lack of being able or allowed to do other things," a Coast Guard educator said.
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First light over Peconic Bay from Silver Beach. (Credit: Martin Burke) For the first time since its inception, the Shoreline Access Task Force encountered a challenge to the work it’s been doing to address problems of water access points and solutions to mitigate conflicts between residents and visitors. Task Force Members have received their share of compliments since the work began, but as they approached completion of initial recommendations to deal with the most troublesome problems that have plagued residents for years, they heard from a critic who said their dra...
Task force focused on shoreline access The town landing at the end of South Menantic Road. (Credit:Martin Burke ) A first step at a recent Town Hall meeting, held via Zoom, was to rename the former town landings task force the Shoreline Access Task Force to include more than just official town landings. Bay Constable Peter Vielbig led a group of members to organize the work ahead and solve problems, some of which have emerged at town landings, while others on how to address water access needs throughout the Island. All public sites eventually have to be i...