Page 8 - 2015 Lake St. Clair Guide Magazine

Belle Continued from Pg. 7 - Zone, if you see white water
River Marine Sheriffs’ Update coming from behind your boat,
Marina ◆ Throw an anchor out when you are going too fast.
you go swimming.... boats ◆St. Clair River Float down -
Deep water marina drift away quickly ◆ Make sure Please wear a life jacket. The
someone besides the captain water is cold. Last year a 19 year
on the Ontario shore of Lake St. Clair knows how to run the boat in old got off his raft and attempted
an emergency.... not knowing to swim under his group’s raft.
•Gas •Diesel how to dock gracefully isn’t He went under and never came
very important if the captain up. Very dangerous event where
•Pumpout •Wi-Fi has a heart attack; but no one people underestimate how cold
knowing how to start the boat the water is. Also, during the
•Floating Docks •Restaurant can be a problem ◆ Have a Float Down, if there is a SW
marine VHF radio .... we have wind, you potentially will drift
•Free Bike Rental •Splash Pad several dead spots around Lake over to Canada where you’ll
St. Clair with no cell phone sig- need to go through customs
•Beach-BBQ's-Pavilion •Boat Ramp nal ◆ Learn the symptoms to (bring your passport!) ◆ Jet skis
identify if someone is drown- = Several inexperienced rider
•Summer Entertainment & Activities ing. When someone is about to accidents each year...People loan
drown, they can no longer talk, out for a ride... this is not a toy.
Enjoy free entertainment, our park, our beach and you may not recognize
or borrow a bike for a ride into town someone is in trouble.... it’s not During the off season, the
like on TV. Macomb County Marine Sher-
Canada Day July 1st iff visits 7th grade classrooms
Family Fun and Fireworks Sergeant Don Berg wanted of area schools to teach kids
us to remember ◆ If your boat about boating. At the end of
flips over, stay with your boat the training, these kids receive
for best survival chance ◆ When their Michigan Safety Certifi-
traveling through a NO WAKE cate. Continued on page 35..

Sergeant Berg says “When traveling through a NO WAKE
Zone, if you see white water coming from behind your boat,
you are going too fast. We have a No mercy rule for our local
boaters who know better ...”

The markers are not big, however, from the North Channel
Yacht Club to the en-
trance of Lake St. Clair on
the North Channel is a No
Wake Zone (see pg. 9).
The boats at the fuel dock
and at Deckers Restau-
July 16-19, 2015 rant get severly knocked
The Sheriff can hand out around when boaters big
tickets every day in front AND small ignore this
of Decker’s Landing law. (Also note the No
Wake in front of Brown’s
Bar for over 26’ boats on
the Middle Channel).

Latitude 42 18.12 Longitude 82 42.52

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