PHOTO COURTESY BOATUSChris Edmonston, president of the BoatUS Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water, was inducted into the Boating Safety Hall of Fame. The honor recognizes individuals who have made or continue to generate substantial and lasting contributions to advancing safety on the water.
“Chris has made boating safety education more accessible for thousands of America’s boaters,” Robert Newsome, National Safe Boating Council chair, said in a statement. “We are grateful for his leadership.”
Edmonston helped lead the nation’s largest member-based boating safety organization create on-water training courses and grow the ranks of NSBC-certified instructors. He was honored this month during NSBC’s annual gathering.
“NSBC wouldn’t be where it is today without the efforts of Chris Edmonston,” NSBC executive director Peg Phillips said in the statement. “His work not only further equipped the council to educate and train safe boaters, but also advanced the work of the industry as a whole.”
