Message From The Editor
Help with a big problem
The boating community has a big problem and I’m not referring to Trump’s impending tariff announcements. I’m talking about the number of expired distress flares that are probably stored aboard boats, in basements, garages and other out of the way locations where no one is watching to check their condition. The problem is that old distress flares can start to “weep” nitroglycerine, a highly toxic and dangerous substance that is also an environmental problem all in one…the trifecta of “nasty”.
In this edition of Boating Industry Canada News Week Digest, we have a good news / bad news story from John Gullick at CanBoat / Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons. He is sending the good news that the Canadian Power and Sail Squadrons Foundation has funded thirty Flare Disposal Days across Canada this year and they have already collected roughly 40,000 expired flares. In fact, the final disposal date is next week in Sudbury then the program ends for 2025. The bad news is that there is no more funding for the collection program and yet there may be 100,000 or more old flares still out there.
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