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07-03-2022, 08:00 PM
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Stay safe on the water all!
Well the holiday weekend is pretty much over but friendly reminder to all those water recreating this summer please be safe and smart! Don’t drink and boat and for the love of mud have enough PFDs on board if not wearing them! Had a near miss this weekend involving a mom and 2 kids under 12 and a fatality in another situation. Top 2 reasons are alcohol and lack of PFDs. Our holiday is tomorrow and I cringe what will happen as these things come in 3s….
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07-03-2022, 08:06 PM
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Thanks for the PSA  Lake Havasu might be a gong show 
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07-03-2022, 08:20 PM
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Rescued a family off Minnewanka few years back. Dad, Mom, 3 teenagers in a 16 ft fiberglass. Motor troubles on a cold, deep lake........We towed them from the south side a few miles from the dock. No life jackets.
Good reminder, stay safe!
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07-04-2022, 07:59 AM
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Good Reminder Ford Truckin
A very good reminder. I keep spare life jackets for guests who join in. I am going to take the spare’s out and see if they are still buoyant. Something I do every spring. They are in good shape by inspection, will take a plunge.
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07-04-2022, 08:56 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2021
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Quote:
Originally Posted by roper1
Rescued a family off Minnewanka few years back. Dad, Mom, 3 teenagers in a 16 ft fiberglass. Motor troubles on a cold, deep lake........We towed them from the south side a few miles from the dock. No life jackets.
Good reminder, stay safe!
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I very much doubt live jackets would save you in that lake. overloading and the unexpected can kill you just as easily.
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07-04-2022, 11:40 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2010
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Quote:
Originally Posted by roper1
Rescued a family off Minnewanka few years back. Dad, Mom, 3 teenagers in a 16 ft fiberglass. Motor troubles on a cold, deep lake........We towed them from the south side a few miles from the dock. No life jackets.
Good reminder, stay safe!
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That is a scary situation. Glad you were there to help!
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07-04-2022, 01:13 PM
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I always have at least 2 -3 extra floatation gear usually no less than 4 in boat. Tow rope, extra pull cord, boat plug. Tools and other parts. Many other things. Have done a few rescues over the years. Nothing too serious but they would be hard pressed to get back to shore by themselves. Be Safe, Be Smart, Be Prepared.
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07-04-2022, 01:42 PM
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Bad things happen on the water every year, even when booze and PFDs aren't the issue. One of the Jays coaches lost his daughter just a couple days ago in a boating accident, poor girl was only 17. It can all happen so fast.
https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/daughter-...-u-s-1.5973459
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07-04-2022, 08:48 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2014
Location: West Kelowna B.C.
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Ahhh the days of my youth, never much of a swimmer, almost drowned twice,
Once at ambleside in west van, dad pulled me out after I slipped off inner tube pretty young then, second one in osoyoos lake when I tried to swim the oars out to brother and cousins in a rubber raft, they thought I was kidding my brother knew it was real.
Then I was visiting a buddy in Nelson BC and we took his dads boat out on the lake and took five cases of beer with us, finished three of them and when I jumped overboard to pee I had trouble getting back in boat, buddy was able to pull me in.
Takes only a second of stupidity or being careless and you can be gone.
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