Drunken Boating Remains Problem on Great Lakes

Boating under the influence of alcohol or drugs remains a serious problem on the Great Lakes even though the number of pilots busted for intoxication is down from a decade ago, the U.S. Coast Guard says. Agency personnel stationed on the five lakes had issued 89 citations for drunken boating this year through Aug. 13, said Lt. Davey Connor, spokesman for the Coast Guard’s 9th District office in Cleveland. That’s up from 84 during the same period a year ago but still an improvement from 2005, when the number had reached 262 by the same date.