The Coral Gables Times

Thursday, June 8, 1961, page 47 (of 50)

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LIFE PRESERVERS

BY WILBUR CROSS BOTH the American Red Cross and the U.S. Coast Guard emphasize the point that most accidents on waterways are set up before the boat has left the dock. The three most common reasons for tragedy: 1) OVERCROWDING. No boat at any time should have the gunwales less than six inches above the surface of the water. Last summer, five teen-age boys and two girls crowded into a small outboard, with waves lapping at the gunwales, to cross a narrow section of the Ohio River. The boat swamped. Even though it floated, two boys and a girl were swept to their deaths. 2) IGNORING LIFE PRESERVERS. No nonswimmer should ever embark in a small boat without wearing a life jacket of an approved type. And no one, good swimmer or not, should venture far from shore without one. Two years ago, when three 14-year-old boys were tossed into Lake Huron after their speedboat hit a log and sank, they survived until rescued by tying kapok cushions together, and hanging on. 3) CHANGING POSITIONS NEEDLESSLY. Determine where everyone will sit before casting off from the dock. “One of the chief causes of drowning accidents from rowboats and canoes,” warns the Red Cross, “involves exchanging positions by the occupants.” But an emergency can strike even the most careful boatman. Anyone who uses small boats should memorize the simple techniques of self-rescue. When a boat swamps or capsizes, even though no more than 200 or 300 feet from shore, stick with it. The Coast Guard reports that 90 percent of the people lost trying to swim to shore after an accident could have been saved had they clung to the boat. Last August a 16-foot skiff was swamped with three men and a 14-year-old boy aboard, when struck by a squall off Cape Cod. The three men, all good swimmers, struck out for shore 500 feet away. A short time later, a fishing boat rescued the boy from the water-filled, but still floating, hull. The men, unaware of a dangerous rip tide between the boat and the land, became exhausted and drowned. A swamped boat (or a capsized one that can be righted) will float indefinitely, buoyant enough to support the heads and shoulders of all occupants above the water. Hold one gunwale a few inches under water, enough so everyone can swim cautiously into the boat. Once inside, all can sit in a Continued on page 28

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