PALMYRA TWP., Pa. – The summer-like temperatures our area’s been seeing are perfect conditions – and timing \u2013 for those looking to kick off boating season early. This week marks National Safe Boating Week.<\/p>\n
69 News Reporter Sydney Kay was in Lake Wallenpaupack in Pike County with some dos and don’ts of the water.<\/p>\n
Lighthouse Harbor Marina Service Writer Sue Viola said the boat dealership was packed this weekend with all the beautiful weather.<\/p>\n
Viola says everybody on a boat should put on a lifejacket. The lifejackets at the marina are U.S. Coast Guard-safety approved.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Viola says to make sure your lifejacket is buckled and zipped up properly, and that it fits correctly.<\/p>\n
Children 12 and under must have a lifejacket on at all times.<\/p>\n
The marina also recommends, and it is the law, that you have a throwable flotation device on board the boat, in case somebody should fall overboard during the trip.<\/p>\n
Viola says a fire extinguisher is also required for the boat. Make sure the extinguisher is not expired, she says.<\/p>\n
Make sure the air horn on your boat works,\u00a0Viola says.<\/p>\n
Samantha Sopko, Director of Sales at Lighthouse Harbor Marina, said the marina gives a half-hour safety briefing to guests before they head out into the water.<\/p>\n
The rules of boating are much like the rules of the road. Sopko said people should not drink or use drugs before handling a boat.<\/p>\n
Keep your head on a swivel and watch where you and other boaters are going, she said.<\/p>\n
The different types of boats available at the marina include charter boats. pontoon boats, and tiki boats.<\/p>\n
For more information, people can go to\u00a0Lighthouse Harbor Marina’s website<\/a> or go to poconoactionsports.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PALMYRA TWP., Pa. – The summer-like temperatures our area’s been seeing are perfect conditions – and timing \u2013…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195564,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[214,279,805,4664,36339,47814,28,30,29,7445,7446,3705,835],"class_list":["post-195563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pennsylvania","tag-_homepage_top_stories","tag-berks","tag-lehighvalley","tag-maryland","tag-newjersey","tag-newyork","tag-pennsylvania","tag-pennsylvania-headlines","tag-pennsylvania-news","tag-poconos-coal","tag-southeastern-pa","tag-sunrise","tag-western-newjersey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195563"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195563\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}