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Northwest Personal Watercraft Safety Project
Background
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Northwest Personal Watercraft Safety Project originated in 1995. More than 75 personal watercraft dealers in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho developed the Northwest Personal Watercraft Safety Project to promote safe and responsible operation of PWC and safe boating education.
For more information, contact the Safety Project directly at (206) 682-3699 or send us an email at mark@delaunay.com
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"In the same time it takes to get a drowning victim on board our big patrol boat, we can get them safely to shore with the PWC.
We love our PWC
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Mark Leader, director of the Northwest Personal Watercraft Safety Project, offers on the water PWC instruction to a new PWC operator.
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What Does the Safety Project do?
April 12, 2006 - Tri-County (Washington) Tribune
- Makes regular presentations to marine patrol officers, legislators, county commissioners, city and county police, PWC dealers, and news media in Washington State, Oregon and Idaho.
- Maintains and develops content for the PWC Conflict Resolution web site in cooperation with the United States Power Squadrons.
- Dealer Safety kit: distribute "rules of the road" laminated PWC safety checklists, "Code of Ethics" contract signed by customers, "Ride Responsibly" posters and signage, "At Work and At Play" brochures and other materials.
- "Op-ed" newspaper pieces from Safety Project dealers to ensure balanced and accurate reporting on PWC issues.
- Supports PWCSafetySchool.com, the only free, online, nationally approved (by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators) boating course that is designed specially for the personal watercraft (PWC) user.
- PWC safety information resource, responding to inquiries from media and the public.
- Engage in dialog with Federal and state officials to maintain rights for all boaters who use public waterways.
- Assist dealers with special events such as PWC safety fun runs and demonstrations.
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