The Sea Tow Foundation for Boating Safety and Education is kicking off its nationwide 2009 Boating Safety Challenge tour at the New York National Boat Show (Dec. 13-21) to help raise boating safety awareness. The Boating Safety Challenge encourages show visitors to test their knowledge of safe boating with a safe boating test, hands-on activities like knot-tying and putting on a life jacket in less than 30 seconds, and a Passport to Safety contest.

“It encourage all boat show attendees to stop by the Sea Tow Foundation booth (#926) and try a boating safety activity. Prizes will be awarded for various levels of participation,” said Sea Tow Foundation Executive Director Michelle Zaloom. “We go to boat shows to learn more about boats and boating. These activities will give everyone something fun and interesting to do while shopping and will hopefully make folks aware that they can never know enough about safe boating.”

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