Marine and Safety Tasmania has launched its summer safety campaign with a series of new water safety messages to run on television, radio and social media this summer and again during Easter next year.
Four messages this season will be aimed at paddling safety, life jackets and crossing the line, focusing on making the right decisions in the water.
Another key target will be older boaters, with 61 per cent of the boat-related drownings in Tasmania in the past year being men over 60 years of age.
The Braddon electorate isn’t immune to its share of drowning tragedies, with three drowning deaths this year.
In January, a 43 year-old man drowned while diving off King Island, a 58 year-old man drowned at Cooee Beach in March and, a 47 year-old boater drowned on Lake Burbury, near Queenstown, earlier this month.
