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Fetlocks_Glistening t1_j23i45m wrote

I don't get it, so a passenger falls off a sailboat in the sea or in the middle of a lake, how does this work?

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Mama_Mush t1_j23pl12 wrote

This is more for shallow water incidents.

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eaglescout1984 t1_j259dem wrote

OP didn't do a good job converting the information. It's copied word from word from a site about whitewater rafting, so readers there have a frame of reference, but dumped into Reddit with no context, it is confusing without visiting the website.

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Rhacoon OP t1_j25os27 wrote

Thanks eaglescout1984. Taking it as advice for the next time as this was my first instance posting on TIL. Good point in giving better reference in the title.

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herbw t1_j2eoqkl wrote

Yer wear a life jacket and that keeps the upper body above the lower body, so we don't drown.

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