On 17 Nov 2008, at 11:24, Brian J Goggin wrote:
> A lot of Irish boaters wear automatically-inflating life-jackets all
> the time, even on canals. The automatic jobbies are much less bulky
> and much easier to wear than the padded flotation devices. Irish law
> requires that children wear them all the time when on the deck of a
> moving boat, and many parents feel that good example is the best way
> to get the kids to think of wearing lifejackets as the normal thing to
> do.
OTOH, an employee of Wood Hall and Heward, the towage and tug
company, told me that they are specifically forbidden to wear self
inflators - if you fall head down between two boats, or the boat and
the side, and the lifer inflates, it will hold you there while you
drown.
All the best
Bruce
There are no strangers on the cut, only boaters we've yet to meet.
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
------------------------------------
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/
<*> Your email settings:
Individual Email | Traditional
<*> To change settings online go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/canals-list/join
(Yahoo! ID required)
<*> To change settings via email:
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
