| Article: | Guarding the coast: America's waterway watch America's recreational boating community is one of the largest of its type in the world, with roughly 76 million privately owned craft. Each day, thousands of these vessels with their operators, crew and passengers enjoy recreational activity along the United States' 95,000 miles of shoreline and 25,000 miles of navigable waterways. This group is literally able to observe much of America's ports and waterways multiple times a day, every day of the year. |