Florida boating woes continue

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Thing's aren't so great if you're boating in or around America's Wang these days. Read on:

Boating deaths in Florida rose 2005 to the highest number reported in 10 years, but Lee and Collier counties reported only one fatality each among their 74,000-plus registered boats.

The majority of the increase was victims falling overboard, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission’s recently released 2005 Boating Accident Statistical Report.

Eighty people lost their lives in 69 incidents last year, a 15 percent increase from 2004.

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