{"id":315908,"date":"2026-05-14T20:06:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315908\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T20:06:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T20:06:19","slug":"is-your-boat-river-ready-sacramento-hosts-safety-check-ahead-of-memorial-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/315908\/","title":{"rendered":"Is your boat \u2018river ready\u2019? Sacramento hosts safety check ahead of Memorial Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Sacramento boaters can get their vessels checked for free this weekend to ensure they are ready to hit the water this summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The Sacramento Marina is hosting a <a href=\"https:\/\/sacramentocityexpress.com\/2026\/05\/11\/river-ready-event-brings-boating-water-safety-outreach-to-sacramento-marina-on-may-16\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:\u201cRiver Ready\u201d boating safety event;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;\u201cRiver Ready\u201d boating safety event&quot;}\" class=\"link \">\u201cRiver Ready\u201d boating safety event<\/a> this Saturday, the first day of <a href=\"https:\/\/safeboatingcampaign.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:National Safe Boating Week;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;National Safe Boating Week&quot;}\" class=\"link \">National Safe Boating Week<\/a>. At the 2710 Ramp Way marina in Upper Land Park, local and state groups will offer a variety of waterway safety education and resources, according to a news release from the City of Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cSacramento\u2019s waterways are one of the city\u2019s greatest recreational assets, and River Ready is about helping everyone enjoy them safely and responsibly,\u201d said Sacramento Marina manager Kendra Gray in the news release.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">From 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, city and state marine authorities will provide <a href=\"https:\/\/cgaux.org\/vsc\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:vessel safety checks;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;vessel safety checks&quot;}\" class=\"link \">vessel safety checks<\/a> on land or in the water, verifying compliance with laws regarding registration, equipment such as life jackets and fire extinguishers, proper ventilation and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Additionally, attendees have the chance to win free life jackets in a giveaway, peruse a swap meet with nautical goods, take a demonstration boat ride and check out fire boat demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Educational booths will provide resources on preventing the spread of invasive species, curbing pollution and more.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">National Safe Boating Week is an annual marine safety awareness campaign supported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.safeboatingcouncil.org\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"elm:link;elmt:article_link;slk:National Safe Boating Council;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;National Safe Boating Council&quot;}\" class=\"link \">National Safe Boating Council<\/a> and the U.S. Coast Guard. This year, it runs from May 16-22, marking the week leading up to Memorial Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The program primarily encourages life jacket usage, but also urges general responsible boating practices like not consuming alcohol before operating a vessel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cBy bringing together boating experts, emergency responders and environmental partners, we\u2019re giving residents hands-on access to the tools and information they need before heading out on the water this summer,\u201d Gray said in the release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sacramento boaters can get their vessels checked for free this weekend to ensure they are ready to hit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[132201,101636,132203,132200,121,123,132202,122],"class_list":["post-315908","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-boating-safety","tag-marine-safety","tag-national-safe-boating-council","tag-national-safe-boating-week","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-marina","tag-sacramento-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}