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Life Jackets and Life-buoys or Life-rings

It is recommended that privately owned boats carry at least one life buoy or life ring - To help rescue anyone who has fallen into the water, The life ring or life buoy be kept in a readily accessible position, so that it can be deployed immediately. It is not necessary that the equipment has a line attached but this may assist recovery from the water.

Always shout a warning when throwing a life buoy, and always make sure it is thrown to one side of the person in the water. Failure to do so could result in serious injury to the person in the water.

Non swimming adults should consider wearing a life jacket around deep water, locks and weirs.

A well fitting child’s life jacket should be worn by any child aboard a private vessel especially when around deep or fast flowing water, locks or weirs. Remember a child’s life jacket may cost about £30, but that is cheaper than a funeral!

A dog’s life jacket is also advisable for any boating dog – a few minutes in the water without a dog life jacket can distress your dog and make future cruising an unpleasant experience for your dog.

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