To wear or not to wear?
Photo: Michele Ferguson
From Sail-World.com
by Bob Wonders
Maybe I’m needlessly concerned, but I’m always wary when academics (boffins?) become involved with recreational boating. Be that as it may, some interesting facts have been revealed following a recent study of personal flotation device wearing habits aboard recreational craft.
The study was sponsored by the National Marine Safety Committee, headed by the hard-working and very approachable Maurene Horder. Apparently, the idea behind the study, carried out by Melbourne’s Monash University Accident Research Centre, was to aid in the evaluation of PFD wearing policies and strategies.
‘Studies have found that those who survive boating incidents are more than twice as likely to have been wearing a PFD than those who perished,’ Ms Horder informs us.
