GL: NEW COLD WEATHER LIFE JACKET LAW IN NEW YORK

[freedomsailor]

Bob DeGroot, DCH wrote:

 >"Does that include wearing them when tied to the dock?"

Maybe it should. Just yesterday, a man fell off his 51' boat at his 
dock behind his home two houses from mine. The tide was running at 
about 2 knots and swept him out into the river. And guess what?, he 
COULDN'T swim. Fortunately for him, a gentleman in a small center 
console boat saw him and immediately rescued him. He brought him to my 
dock where we got him up on deck, then he proceeded to give him holy 
hell for not wearing a life jacket. Good for him!

Oh, and when I am working on my boat, at sea or at the dock, I always 
wear my SOS preserver. And I CAN swim.

David Heywood-Jones

Watermusic, Freedom 40 S/V
SPY, Pilgrim 40
St. George's, Grenada - Summer
Naples, FL - Winter