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🚤 17M+ Boats & 83% Drowning Risk: Recreational Boat Statistics (2026)

The hard truth is that while over 17 million recreational boats call US waters home, a staggering 83% of boating fatalities involve drowning, and the vast majority of those victims weren’t wearing a life jacket. Our deep dive into the…













