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Originally Posted by B R
skip, thanks for keeping us up to date with stats. it is much appreciated.
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The last Coast Guard stats (page 30, below URL) show Florida as having the worst accident rate, with California and Texas behind.
http://www.uscgboating.org/statistic...stics_2002.pdf
Just using boating
fatalities distorts the findings, as a single disaster -- or including commercial figures -- can skew the results for a given year. Alaska, for example, suffers an average of 20 fatalities per year among just commercial crabbing vessels.
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories...40712002.shtml
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Originally Posted by B R
i think your comparison on a per thousand basis is more helpful than other, possibly intentionally mis-leading numbers. thanks
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About half the states don't require registration of non-motorized boats, where these Coast Guard stats come from (the
per thousand basis) . New Hampshire has lots of unregistered non-motorized vessels, and about 100,000 registered vessels.
Because New Hampshire even requires registration of 12-foot windsurfers, its stats should indicate a safe watery environment. That being said, New Hampshire has admitted their statistics-collecting is flawed*, as has their FBI felony reporting*.
The "baddest-boater" stats should include "murder in the third-degree" (Manslaughter) figures. Any attorney with "Westlaw" Internet access should be able to bring those stats up for the Forum.
If you peruse the Coast Guard stats, you'll see that February "peaks" for the majority of states in cold-water boating accidents/fatalities. New Hampshire is not included. 'Wonder why?
*Documentation I've posted here twice before.