<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=3B2PCE_11JprBuS00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=3B2PCE_11JprBuS00" width="1600" height="900" ><figcaption>Maine Game Warden, Alan Dudley, discusses boat safety during national boat safety week (N/A)</figcaption></figure><p>PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Ahead of Memorial Day weekend is National Boat Safety Week, which marks the start of the season for boaters.</p><p>Game wardens say they are still seeing folks out on the water despite the cold week. Wardens are reminding those folks to be prepared before setting sail in a body of water.</p><p>“If you’ve got any electronics, make sure they are charged. Tell somebody where you are going that way, if we do get called, we know where to start to look. Boat maintenance, this river is high and moving fairly fast. You want to make sure that you got the right equipment, that the boat is big enough for, and everything is in running shape. If you are going to be gone all day, food and water. Things that can really save your life when I say be prepared, is wear your PFD, your Personal Flotation Device. I can’t express how important that is. That water -- as we are standing here, it’s fairly warm, but yet that water is ice cold. If you fall in you are not going to last long. This can save your life. It’s been proven year after year - wearing your PFD will save your life,” says game warden Alan Dudley. </p><p>The game wardens have a dive team to recover folks from the water when boating trips go wrong, according to Dudley. He says they never have to recover folks who wear their life jackets.</p></div></body>

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PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Ahead of Memorial Day weekend is National Boat Safety Week, which marks the start of the season for boaters. Game wardens say they are still seeing folks out on the water despite the cold week. Wardens are reminding those folks to be prepared before setting sail in a body of water.

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PRESQUE ISLE, Maine (WAGM) - Ahead of Memorial Day weekend is National Boat Safety Week, which marks the start of the season for boaters. Game wardens say 

Getting prepared for boater season

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