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Wednesday, July 23, 1997

MIKE Doutaz, officer In charge, marine communica:
tlons and traftle services, tas a bird's-cys view of
the fireworks from atop the Kapllario 100 Building at

the mouth of the Capit

ano River, The Coast Guard

uses a surveillance camera (pictured left) and “acar
to monitor marine activity In the harbor,

NEWS photo Mike Waketleld

| Fireworks and water

By Layne’ Christensen

News Reporter.
layne@nsnews. com

—! BVERY year. during 5 the
Ss ymphony of Fire: ,

ng
: fireworks from afloat.

‘his year, marine patrol
officers are. hoping boaters ‘will
take a minute, to brush up on

Saturday, i
“Most: people’ don’ t know

there. are any rules: on: the

water, 7/said Corp. Bob Hunter

of the Vancouver: Police Marine

Squad.
There are, And reinforcing

those rules is the responsibility

of the marine squad.
At the top of Hunter's safe-
list: Stay. behind the marker

buoys, placed 600 fect. (183 m)

fromthe ibarge; and have the ”
i correct natigation lights. 3)
lay-boats” such as

canoes and .rowboats

ite c light, which is the *.

proper ‘configuration for navi-
gation, according to Coast
Guard safety officer Paul
James. Operators of those ves-

‘sels. should also wear an

roved flotation device at all
times, and carry a sound signal;

> flashlight and bailer.

’ James will monitor boating
activity before, during and after
the. fireworks from the Coast
Guard's search and rescuc base
at Vanier. Park,

To ‘Hunter's’ list, he adds -

the following safety advice:
@ move at a safe speed;

B always maintain a lookout;
@ don’t cruise with booze;

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“People have a couple of

, cocktails, pull out their flare kit

and they decide to complement

‘the “show with. their own
o pyrotechnics,” said James.

Hunter ° reminds., boaters
that firing a flare’when there’s
no distress is a criminal offence.

Most boating safety inftac-
tions fall under the Canadian

» Shipping Act and are subject to
* summary. conviction.
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first: display lights. up the sky...

That
means police can’t issue a ticket;
wiolators must go to court. The

“penalty can -range from a/sus-

pended sentence to “a couple
undsed dollars,” said Hunter.
Close to 1,000 pleasure
craft and other vessels are
expected in the harbor each
night of the fireworks.
~“We'haye everything from
cruise ‘ships 10 inner, tubes out
there,” said Hunter. “It’s just a

t vitably, some people take™
chances with their safety, In a
past year, recalls James, “We

2 Boaters’ safety rules reviewed

even had a couple of guys
inflate garbage bags and hang
onto them out in the swim-
ming area.”

Miké Doutaz, officer in
charge of the Coast Guard’s
marine communications’ and

traffic services, monitors boat,

ing activity from headquarters
at the Kapilano 100 Building in
West Van: Problems can occur
whenever you have a large
number of vessels congregating
in a small area, said Doutaz.

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