Larry W4CSC wrote:

Stephen Trapani wrote in
:


And how long should they wait before bringing a baby home to a normal
house? Right outside the door are dangerous roads and highways!


What's this? Denial?

Being on a boat is much more dangerous, especially to a defenseless infant,
than riding in a carseat.

I haven't seen any figures on risk broken down to include only infants,
but the overall risk of fatality when sailing is given as 0.12 per
million hours at:
web.usna.navy.mil/~phmiller/phmSAS04.ppt (slide 12)
while the risk for riding in a passenger car is estimated at 0.47 per
million hours at:
http://www.magma.ca/~ocbc/comparat.html

I realize both studies are a bit dated, and cars have gotten a little
safer in the last decade, but I doubt any change would be large enough
to make cars safer than sailing. More current statistics would be
welcomed.

Based on the above numbers it appears that if the risk of taking the
child on an afternoon drive is considered acceptable then going sailing
for the afternoon should be acceptable as well provided that normal
precautions appropriate to each activity are followed.