The Coast Guard has carried out 1,377 controls along Sweden's coast, as well as in Värnen and Mälaren, over the past three weeks. Only 25 of all controls led to a crime report.
Although the recreational boat season is not over yet, the Coast Guard sees a clear low outcome in this year's sobriety checks and notes that the decreasing number of crime reports for drunkenness at sea is evident.
"The carried-out controls give us the picture of a continued positive trend for sobriety at sea. The boat people are aware of the rules and follow them to a large extent," says Mikael Furberg, unit manager at the Coast Guard's operational department, in a comment.
The national effort, which took place from 8 to 28 July, involved increased sobriety checks at sea, both randomly and upon indication of intoxication. Random sobriety checks were primarily targeted at larger recreational vessels over 12x4 meters.
