Never Ignore Boat Safety !!

Please Forever keep this in mind
When pleasure boating
Be it on lake..river..ocean where ever

All children should wear life vests
Keep wackyness to a Minimum
Never Ignore Safety

Today..just a couple hours ago
2 people...a lady of 50 years old
And Very Sadly a boy of 7 years old
Drowned on an over loaded boat..one designed for regular lakes
Yet was on the Mighty Hudson river
2 others in cridical condition and another 8 in varying degrees of serious condition and hospitalised

Just for a fun trip in the water
No one were wearing life vests ( the child should have been at veru least )
I got pulled away as we were chatting earlier
Wondering why 5 helicopers fron ny state and nyc police were searching the waters

A Very Sad day
The small boat capsised..
Likely ran to quick into a wave that flipped it

Please
You and whoever you with in the years to come
Never Ignore BOAT SAFETY and COMMON SENSE

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TheDisciplinarian · 61-69, M

this is a Good Post
To Further Convey Boat safety

Please Please Please
Boating can ( and shoud be) Very Fun

Yet way too many forget its every bit as Dangerous or More then Driving

BTW i am taking time out on New Years eve
( Because it is Important)

It was about 1 am during the sweltering summer months
my summer home didnt have AC
apparently neither did my friends house

he came a knocking .. saying
hey you want to go Tubing .. his gf can be the spotter

umm 95 degrees outside )likely was hotter inside..lol )
one of those 90%+ humidity days (ok nights)

ok...Sure i figured

no moon light..a rural lake (upper greenwood lake)
well i held the rope wrong
my friend turned sharply...running over our own wake

my wrists got all rapped up
i nearly drowned
saw the fog as i rose over my body

finally aLL WORKED OUT
i can now tell the taLE

BE CAREFUL WHEN BOATING

HAPPY and HEALTHY NEW YEAR
TO ALL and their FAMILY