“A PFD close by is not close enough.”
If you remember that motto, OPP says you’ll have a safer summer.
It does not suffice to have a PFD close by.
Falling overboard and capsized vessels continue to be the leading causes in boating deaths, and police say the only safe PFD is the one you are wearing.
Seven of the eight boating fatality victims this year were found not wearing a PFD.
Half of those victims were in canoes – an important reminder that paddlers are at risk as much as other boaters.