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Despite fuel prices, towboat captains report no general nationwide decrease in boating
Harry Krause wrote: Chuck Gould wrote: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Press Contact: Scott Croft, 703-461-2864, Date: August 29, 2006 BOATU.S. SAYS SUMMER BOATING SEASON WAS BETTER THAN EXPECTED With Labor Day marking the end of the summer recreational boating season for many Americans, BoatU.S. reports that some good weather, some great fishing and a less-than-anticipated impact of fuel prices have kept boaters boating and it's on-the-water towboats busy this year helping disabled vessels, providing fuel drop-offs and tows back to port. BoatU.S. on-the-water towing companies, --TowBoatU.S. and Vessel Assist -- report the following general observations on recreational boating activity: Northeast/Mid-Atlantic: Continued good weather has meant more boats on the water and an increase in requests for on-the-water assistance over last year. D'oh. Well, certainly a towboat operation should know if its business is up over the previous year, but what stats is BOAT/US using to prove that there are "more boats on the water" than last year? The release relies upon the observations made by the marine professionals quoted in the text. I only noted a couple of regions where boating activity was reportedly up from last year, one region (Gulf Coast) where it is down for some obvious reasons, and some others (like California) where some modification of behavior has been reported. Hence my headline: no general, nationwide decrease in boating activity. Most regions are observed by the quoted towboat operators to be about the same or slightly better than last year. |
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