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Originally Posted by speede5
Am I the only one who doesn't see a problem taking a baby in a boat, assuming of course that they have a proper life jacket.  How many of you actually have kids? They weren't white water rafting, were they?
I guess this would be akin to taking your kid in your car out on Deerfoot at rush hour. |
Given that most good life jackets start at 25 - 30 lbs, I find it very unlikely that the child would have been wearing adequate device. We bought one for my daughter when we were going to go boating when she was about 22 months and she was technically too small for it. They do have ones that are rated for less than that and realistically they are next to useless anywhere but a shallow pool where there is an adult standing there. Using them as a way to save a baby's life in a raging river is not very reliable.
As for it being as safe as Deerfoot, when I was taking my daughter out it was in a big motorboat on a very calm lake and still I was thinking that we shouldn't go.