Saturday, June 8, has been proclaimed National Marina Day. This year promises to be bigger than ever now that Discover Boating has lent its Welcome to the Water marketing muscle to the event. But, what exactly is the new and improved \u201cWelcome to the Water on National Marina Day\u201d and what sorts of activities can you look forward to in your area?<\/p>\n
Simply put, National Marina Day was created as a way for marinas to gain exposure in their communities and promote the role they play in recreational boating \u2014 because let\u2019s face it, not a lot of boating would be going on without the launching, fueling and servicing these facilities provide. In the past 12 years, it has evolved into a day that celebrates the entire marine industry and boating lifestyle, with partners such as Sail America, Ocean Conservancy, Freedom Boat Club and the American Boat and Yacht Council. <\/p>\n
The goal of Welcome to the Water on National Marina Day is to grow boat ownership and get more people involved in boating activities. To this end, the 24 hours \u2014 and quite often the remainder of the weekend, too \u2014 is crammed with events hosted at participating marinas, including everything from open houses and facility tours to cookouts and demo rides. Many places offer complimentary boater education courses and on-site Coast Guard vessel safety checks. There are waterfront cleanups, fishing tournaments, marine swap meets and even a life jacket world record attempt! You get the idea.<\/p>\n
To date, some 250 marinas in 44 states along with several marinas in Australia, Canada, Cuba and Guam have signed on to host official Welcome to the Water on National Marina Day events. The National Marina Day website has a page dedicated to listing the events. Visit www.nationalmarinaday.org\/participants<\/u><\/a> to see what\u2019s happening in your local boating community.<\/p>\n Whatever you do this upcoming Welcome to the Water National Marina Day, make sure you get off your dock and share the fun of boating with someone you care about. You might just end up with a new best boating buddy. <\/p>\n United Marine Underwriters is more than just boat insurance.<\/u><\/a> Browse our Boats For Sale<\/u><\/a> at BoatBrowser or our Lake Resource Guide<\/u><\/a> at LakeBrowser or share your fishing stories and photos at True Fish Tales<\/u><\/a> \u2013 the ones that did not get away.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Saturday, June 8, has been proclaimed National Marina Day. This year promises to be bigger than ever now that Discover Boating has lent its Welcome to the Water marketing muscle to the event. But, what exactly is the new and improved \u201cWelcome to the Water on National Marina Day\u201d and what sorts of activities can […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[242,238,241],"tags":[10,89,312,328],"class_list":["post-1248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boat-insurance-2","category-boating-tips","category-life-on-the-water","tag-boat-insurance","tag-boating","tag-boats-for-sale","tag-national-marina-day"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1248"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1257,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1248\/revisions\/1257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitedmarine.net\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}