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Boat Smart

As soon as it’s warm enough, some can’t
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resist just jumping right off the docks or
breakwalls. Others wade out and get to the
A PFD deeper water where they can swim. Some
swim out to depths over their heads then find
themselves fighting to reach shallow water
can’t save you and wade back to safety.
It’s great to see families enjoying being on
if you don’t the water; in kayaks, jet skis, and toy inflat-
ables. It all looks so idyllic and I’m sure it
wear it becomes easy to disregard all caution as
they are caught up in the activities. Another
common sight one might see is people,
especially children, floating on air mattress-
es or other inflatable objects. Often, those
floating along fail to realize the wind may

By Capt. Fred Davis he summer crowd is in full swing
and our beautiful lakes and
Captain Fred Davis, who dedicated himself to decades of continously promoting Twaterways draw them like a giant
boating safety, wrote hundreds of boating columns for Mid-America Boating and other magnet. I know the feeling, I can’t even
publications on the subject that were published during his lifetime. Captain Fred passed drive home without going down to look
away in 2019, but many of his discussions about boating safety remain timeless. Here is out over the beautiful harbor. I note all
one of his many columns pertaining to the universal message about outfitting a boat for the water lovers strolling the docks to
safety before you launch it for another season. take a breath of the fresh lake air.

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