OzOne wrote in message
So on a calm, beautiful sunny day, you put a jacket on?

Don't tell porkies CM..you'll never get to heaven.

If kids will be aboard... Yes! I've just never considered it a big deal. I
once confronted my friend who was having a hell of a time trying to convince
his 3 year old son to put on a life jacket.... yet he, himself wasn't
wearing one. I pointed it out to him that he never wore his life jacket
unless ordered... why expect different from his children?
Oddly enough once he started putting on his own life jacket... both his
young sons donned theirs without prompting. Lead by example.

I'm not a life jacket Nazi aboard.... I leave it to an adult's own comfort
level during coastal sails in fair weather. However I do not allow even the
most experienced of the children that sail on my boat to go on deck without
a lifejacket... even in fine weather. They can doff the vests if they remain
in the cockpit.

Heaven? I'm there now... upon my death, all scientific indicators point to
my reincarnation as fertilizer.

BTW Oz... what were your rules regarding safety aboard with your children
when they were pre-school and sailing with you?

CM