River Boat Safety

On any given weekend boats pack the andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t missouri-riverandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Missouri Riverandamp lt aandamp gt One you will always see-The andamp lt a href andamp quot http www kxnet com t lewis-and-clarkandamp quot class andamp quot kxInlineLinkandamp quot andamp gt Lewis and Clarkandamp lt aandamp gt River Boat Even though boater safety courses encourage and promote courtesy on the river Reporter Kate Schell found out that is not always the case You board the Lewis and Clark River Boat to enjoy an afternoon on the Missouri While you take in the sights crew members are hard at work andamp quot We re just a moving target People aim for us Everybody wants to come by and wave and touch the boat occasionally With several cruises each week crew members says they often encounters watercrafts zipping in and out of the River Boat s path andamp amp lt It s constantly Either things we notice like as a bartender i see a lot of things out the window or the boat will get rocked pretty violently and you will see theres a boat coming really closely andamp quot With no constant supervision boaters must take it upon themselvesbeing courteous to others But Captain Stellick finds there are plenty of boaters that disregard everyone on the water Captain andamp quot The loading and unloading of the passangers is not safe when the big waves come by and people come by full speed right by the boat and they know what their wake is doing A concern that will only grow as the river gets busier Captain andamp quot The channel will move Next year it might be somewhere different last year it was across on the other side so its going to move periodically but a no wake zone right now would solve the problem andamp quot It would be solving one biggest problems the Lewis and Clark River Boat faces each time they load and unload their vessel But another problem they run into Crew andamp quot We got mooned earlier on this cruise we see it alot usually we try and get pictures of it and that sort of thing because then we can take it to game and fish and they can if we get their boat number on it then they do something about it andamp quot The Lewis and Clark River Boat can also report watercrafts that get dangerously close to their vessel For everyone to enjoy their time on the Magestic Missouri River Captain Stellick says simply use common sense With KX News I m Kate Schell The Lewis and Clark River Boat operates daily To find out more you can visit their website lewisandclarkriverboat com