Boating Safety

[Wendel]

I fish on Lake. St. Clair alot. I always have my uhf radio on, and pretty much everytime out I hear the Coast Guard responding to Maday calls. Usually they are in the Detroit river, but I've picked them up from Lake Erie and Lake Huron before to.

This is a blog post of a first hand experience of how easily and quickly things like this can happen.

 

Sorry if it's already been posted, but I thought should really link this.

 

I myself rarely wear a life vest, I always have them handy but just don't wear it. I think I've put it on maybe 3 times, all three times when I was on Lake Erie. I think I'm going to look into getting an inflatable soon though... mostly because of this story.

 

Link to Story

Edited July 12, 2012 by Wendel

[kickingfrog]

Ya we beat this around last week. Don't think it can be posted too much though.

[Wendel]

Yeah, I did a search and didn't get any hits on the guys name or his blogname...

Oh well...

[UglyBug]

Kinda like seat belts, when you need them and your not wearing them its to late. I always buckle up and always wear my PFD.

[dave524]

Yeah, I did a search and didn't get any hits on the guys name or his blogname...

Oh well...

 

Dave Mull is the editor of "Great Lakes Angler" magazine, probably got thousands of hours of big water boating experience salmon fishing , also does seminars on salmon fishing with Dan Keating, very recognized name with salmon fishermen. Kinda like the last person you would think would get himself in a pickle like that.

[nofish4me]

Do you put your seatbelt on before driving your car?

 

Figure your PFD as a seatbelt.

 

It's only a mindset thing.

 

I wear mine now more than I ever used to, education is a great thing.

Edited July 12, 2012 by nofish4me