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CTV News
10 hours ago
- CTV News
Jobbie Nooner expected to draw hundreds: OPP issue safety tips for boaters
Essex County OPP officers are warning boaters as one of the most attended boating events takes place on Lake St. Clair on Friday. Hundreds of vessels from across Lake St. Clair, including Ontario, are expected to drop anchor at Jobbie Nooner. OPP say before you head out, remember: If you're mooring or tying up, you must report to U.S. Customs first. Your boat must be water-ready: -Enough life jackets that are Canadian Coast Guard approved for everyone on board your vessel. -No drinking and boating — legal limit is 0.08 in both Michigan & Ontario -Navigation lights must work if you're out past daylight Every year, OPP say avoidable tragedies happen. Stay safe, if you're in an emergency, call 911 or use channel 16 on your VHF Radio. When returning to Canada, report in with CBSA. And remember: Just because the event is in U.S. waters doesn't mean Canadian authorities won't be patrolling. They will. 'Have fun, stay safe, respect the lake. Remember, boating and alcohol don't mix,' say OPP.
CBS News
a day ago
- CBS News
Jobbie Nooner attendees reminded about U.S. border water crossing rules
Boaters who plan to take part in the Jobbie Nooner boat party activities on Lake St. Clair have been given a reminder from U.S. Customs and Border Protection about legally reporting their arrivals in the United States. Small pleasure vessels that arrive from a foreign port or location including Canada, to include visiting a hovering vessel or having received merchandise outside U.S. waters, must report their arrival immediately to CBP upon landing in the U.S., the law says. Lake St. Clair, which is part of the Great Lakes waterways, is sited along the international boundary between Michigan and Ontario. "If you do not follow the reporting requirements and enter the United States illegally, you will be prosecuted, and your vessel will be seized," U.S. Border Patrol Detroit Sector Chief Patrol Agent John R. Morris, said in an announcement directed to Jobbie Nooner attendees. Jobbie Nooner is a popular, but unofficial, all-day boat party on and around Gull Island on Lake St. Clair. The schedule is twice a year on the last Friday in June and the first Saturday after Labor Day, according to the Lake St. Clair Guide. The CBP says arrival sites that count as reporting locations in the U.S. include Metro Beach Public in Harrison Township, Erma Henderson Park in Detroit and Elizabeth Park in Trenton. As an alternative, the CBP suggests boaters who want a convenient and fast way to report their arrival use the CBP ROAM™ mobile app. A boat's arrival to the U.S. can be reported using that app on a smartphone or tablet, and qualifies in most cases as an "alternative inspection system."
UPI
3 days ago
- UPI
U.S. border officials warn Michigan's 'Jobbie Nooner' attendees to report boats
June 24 (UPI) -- U.S. border officials issued a reminder on Tuesday to foreign arrivals bound for Michigan's upcoming "Jobbie Nooner" boating event that federal law requires vessels to be reported upon entering the country. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said it wanted to give a fresh reminder to Canadian or other foreign boating enthusiasts on the way to the annual event with their small pleasure vessels to Gull Island on Michigan's Lake St. Clair that failure to report their boats on arrival in the United States may lead to "significant penalties," such as fines, vessel seizures or even prison in some cases. "If you do not follow the reporting requirements and enter the United States illegally, you will be prosecuted, and your vessel will be seized," said John R. Morris, CBP's sector chief patrol agent in Detroit. The Mardi Gras-like "Jobbie Nooner" surrounding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-created Gull Island in Lake St. Clair claims it is one of the world's biggest boat parties. The event, which is not formally organized, is experienced twice a year and held the Friday before the July 4th weekend, with its second the first Saturday of September. The events attract thousands of participants. On Friday, Jobbie Nooner's 45th event event kicks-off, with September 6 slated as the year's second. Jobbie Nooner attracts in multitudes of seasoned but, according to officials, also inexperienced attendees piloting a boat or other water vehicle, with some that will be seen coming-and-going during daily festivities while others at night will tent up to let the night continue. "The thing is, it's kind of an unmanageable event, and we have not endorsed it -- ever," Deputy Steve Campau, a spokesman for the St. Clair Sheriff's Office, told Detroit Free Press five years ago as the COVID-19 pandemic raged on. Many states have adopted tougher laws for drunken boating. In 2010, Michigan lawmakers deliberated a bill, which ultimately became law, to lower the state's permissible blood-alcohol level for boating to the 0.08% threshold to match the state limit on motor vehicle drivers. Meanwhile, officials in America's frontline border agency pointed to "innovative" and now "faster" ways for foreign visitors to make the required face-to-face arrival reporting a task more convenient via smart phone or other device. The federal government says any operator of a small vessel arriving in the United States from a foreign port includes "any vessel which has visited a hovering vessel or received merchandise outside territorial waters." It suggested U.S.-bound Jobbie Nooner participants consider utilizing CBP's ROAM app -- free on Apple App and Google Pay -- which is able to satisfy a boat operator's U.S. legal obligation to check-in with American authorities in person. Exceptions, however, include travelers who require CBP's I-94 form to track arrival and departure of non-American citizens, those mandated to pay import fees and "other circumstances as applicable," according to federal law. The agency added that the good old-fashioned telephone can still be used by Jobbie Nooner boating officiants to locate the nearest CBP office in order to report in the United States on arrival.
