Recreational boating safety

Strategies to promote safety in New Zealand’s recreational boating sector focus on encouraging self-reliance and skipper responsibility through safety awareness and education. The Transport Accident Investigation Commission’s view is that the system is flawed because it relies on users knowing the rules, regulations and bylaws, and responsibilities of being a skipper, but does not require them to demonstrate such knowledge before taking a craft on the water or contain any sanctions for being impaired from drugs or alcohol. The lack of obligations on recreational boat users is anomalous with the aviation and road sectors.