Boating Safety With Life Jackets

By Rick Kimball

85% of boating accident victims who drown were not wearing life jackets. This may be prevented by everybody wearing a life jacket or PFD, personal flotation device.

I would like to tell you a short story of my own that reinforces that you ought to wear life jackets or numerous type of personal flotation device always when boating. Quite more than one years ago the yacht club I belong to decisive to commence an new fleet of sail boats to race on the weekends They decisive on the nineteen foot Flying Scot .
The primary summer we utilized the boats everything was going quite well. And then one weekend we had a really windy day and because the boats were new we decisive to race them and see whether or not they could handle the high winds. For the most portion the boats handle the high winds quite well but we did have two boats capsize.
One of the boats that capsized was my Uncle’s boat and he had with him three of my aunts for crew. Their troubles get started when they righted the boat. The sails were still up and the lines were still cleated. Once the wind filled the sails the boat sailed away with my Uncle keeping on to the rudder and attempting to get on the boat, which he in the end did. Meanwhile he had left my three Aunts in the water all by themselves. If they had not had their life jackets on, who knows what would have took place. But they were competent to remain afloat until a patrol boat came and rescued them.
Our yacht club now makes it mandatory for all racers, both children and adults, to wear life jackets at all yacht club events on the water.
Remember to wear your life jacket. Life Jackets save Lives

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