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STARS volunteers get new boat to help patrol local waters
The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Team of Active Retired Seniors, or STARS, patrol the waters of the Mokelumne River in their boat on Friday, July 13, 2012.
STARS volunteers get new boat to help patrol local waters
Dan Seay, a member of the San Joaquin County STARS, maneuvers the volunteer group's boat through the Mokelumne River near Lodi Lake. STARS volunteers began patrolling the river with a refurbished boat on Friday, July 13, 2012.
STARS volunteers get new boat to help patrol local waters
STARS member Eva Loftus wears a boat patrol shirt while patrolling the Mokelumne River on Friday, July 13, 2012.
STARS volunteers get new boat to help patrol local waters
A depth finder shows San Joaquin County Sheriff's Team of Active Retired Seniors member Dan Seay how deep the Mokelumne River is as he patrols the water on Friday, July 13, 2012.
STARS volunteers get new boat to help patrol local waters
Eva Loftus, a member of the San Joaquin County STARS, watches from the passenger seat of the new boat patrolling the Mokelumne River near Lodi Lake on Friday, July 13, 2012.
- Rules of the water
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No person shall operate any boat or aquaplane in a manner or at a rate of speed which endangers the life, limb or property of any person. This requires boaters to take into account weather and light conditions, water depth and the proximity to shore or swimmers, among other requirements.
Operation of a boat cannot exceed 5 mph within:
- Any area designated as a "slow area."
- 100 feet of any person bathing or swimming.
- 100 feet of any watercraft 16 feet or less in length.
- 200 feet of any swimming float, diving platform, lifeline or designated swimming area.
- 200 feet of any legal dock, wharf, dam, way or landing float to which boats are landed or made fast or which is used for the embarkation or discharge of passengers.
- 200 feet of any authorized boat, Sheriff's boat or any other boat in the act of rescue operations, or dragging for bodies or equipment, if the boat is marked.
- On the Mokelumne River between Woodbridge Dam and the northeast boundary of the city of Lodi between the hours of 7 p.m. and noon.
— Source: www.sjgov.org
Posted: Saturday, July 14, 2012 12:00 am
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Updated: 6:26 am, Sat Jul 14, 2012.
STARS volunteers get new boat to help patrol local waters
By Katie Nelson/News-Sentinel Staff Writer
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The roar of the engine shook the 22-foot Heliarc boat to life as it prepared to head out for its first day patrolling the Mokelumne River and the Lodi Lake area.
Along with Sgt. Carey Pehl of the Sheriff's Department Boating Safety Unit, Sheriff's Team of Active Retired Seniors, or STARS, volunteer Dan Seay revved the throttle and his partner, Eva Loftus, adjusted her life jacket as the boat took off from the loading dock.
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Updated: 6:26 am.
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Mokelumne River,
Dan Seay,
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Lodi Lake,
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