Boca Raton Fire Rescue responded to this boat fire in the Hillsboro Canal west of Dixie Highway near Southwest 22nd Street shortly after 11 p.m. on Aug. 3. No one was aboard any of the three boats. Photo provided by Boca Raton Fire Rescue
By Rich Pol
The Coast Guard offers publications aimed at youngsters. Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
For kids who are regularly out on the water, it’s important to learn how to be safe on a boat.
The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary offers classes to youths as young
The boater’s ditch bag, used for near-shore ocean fishing
on a 23-foot boat, includes, from left, light sticks, emergency rations, a whistle,
drinking water, cord for tethering people together, a hand-held VHF radio,
a personal locator beacon, a stro
