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BroadHopper · 08-07-2013, 02:50 PM

is just that, for flotation. When I started water ski racing, I had to learn to tuck into a ball by folding my arms around my legs and tuck my head between my knees. When I fall in this position, I actually roll into the water. This is the only way you can survive a high speed fall into the water. APBA, OSSA and SI also suggests the same strategy. I was told by a Navy Seal that this is also the case in their training. A PFD only aid in flotation.

In any boat travelling at high speed a kill switch attached to the body is also a great idea. This will eliminate a runaway boat, such as you have heard in the news recently. I notice almost all performance boats have a lanyard switch and it is there for a purpose. Not all boaters used them and frankly I know of one newbie that does not even know what it is!

A boat is only as good as the skipper. Regulations do not make the skipper. The skipper do!

08-07-2013, 02:50 PM	#15
BroadHopper Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Laconia NH Posts: 5,512 Thanks: 3,118 Thanked 1,090 Times in 784 Posts	PFD protection is just that, for flotation. When I started water ski racing, I had to learn to tuck into a ball by folding my arms around my legs and tuck my head between my knees. When I fall in this position, I actually roll into the water. This is the only way you can survive a high speed fall into the water. APBA, OSSA and SI also suggests the same strategy. I was told by a Navy Seal that this is also the case in their training. A PFD only aid in flotation. In any boat travelling at high speed a kill switch attached to the body is also a great idea. This will eliminate a runaway boat, such as you have heard in the news recently. I notice almost all performance boats have a lanyard switch and it is there for a purpose. Not all boaters used them and frankly I know of one newbie that does not even know what it is! A boat is only as good as the skipper. Regulations do not make the skipper. The skipper do! __________________ Someday may never be an actual day.