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Annual St. Clair River Closures Raft Off 2015 in Little Muscamoot Bay

Sunday, July 31 Sunday, August 21 Weather
threatened
This closure applies to ALL Although it is an but never
non-commercial vessel traffic. unsanctioned, rained on the
The Coast Guard will establish
non-permitted event, party
a safety zone in front of the the annual Port Huron to
City of St. Clair from 11am- Marysville “Float Down”
6pm for the Offshore Races. will cause the St. Clair
There could be temporary River to be closed between
closures on Saturday from these cities for ALL vessel
11am-6pm during boat testing. traffic from 11am-8pm.
Boater’s can contact the Coast
Guard on VHF-FM Channel 16.

Reminders for Lake St. Clair Boaters from Photo Jim Gall / Amber Garrison

Sergeant Bednard, Macomb County Sheriff Deputy:

Check your lites “before” you go out. There were two Continued from page 25 ple waverunners coming out of the Miller

serious boat collisions in 2015, both after dark, “Sheriff Update” on the Marina channel in St. Clair Shores on full

one of which sadly ended with a fatality. St. Clair River without plane. If the teen riders had their required

life jackets! Although Boating Certificate, they would have

the parents anchored the known not to be on plane inside, entering,

boat, the swift current or exiting a channel for safety. Their wa-

on the river started tak- verunners were impounded, then loaded

ing them down and they onto a salvage barge at I’m sure at great

couldn’t make it back to expense to the parents, but their children

the boat. Along with me on were safe. Anyone born after 12/31/78

shore getting nervous and must have a Boating Safety Certificate to

not able to do anything, operate a PWC (Sheriff offers free classes).

the mother in the boat re- A special thanks and congratu-

alized the danger but then lations to St. Clair County Sergeant Don

had trouble lifting the Berg, who has provided us recaps and

anchor… luckily another some great photos for the north end of the

boat was coming by and picked

up the kids in distress. So quick

that something terrible almost hap-

Go Lions! pened.
In summary, Lake St.

Clair Macomb Deputies had 25

reported boating accidents, 2 fa-

talities, two bass boats capsized

during a storm, 18 successful

search & rescues. Also, 174

tickets were issued by the Ma-

comb County Sheriff Deputies...

#1 Ticket is for ignoring the no

wake areas, #2 is for lack of an

up-to-date registration sticker….
Also, you must have your paper Photo
registration on the boat (no insur- Jim Gall
ance papers required) and #3 Not / Amber
enough life jackets – boat over- Garrison

loaded - no throwable Type 4 ring

or cushion.

As a reminder for young adults: lake, who retired last fall after 25 years of

All boaters born after July 1, 1996 must service. I asked him for his best story over

have a Boater’s Safety Class. The Ma- the years, and it’s a doozy!

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