Larry W4CSC wrote:

Evan Gatehouse wrote in
:

People that have their babies wear a lifejacket in a car seat sound a
bit much though! If the baby is strapped in the car seat, and the car
seat is attached to the boat, why bother?

* 30' boat flips from rogue wave. Adults thrown overboard. Child strapped
in car seat, car seat attached to boat is now underwater, face-down, in
inverted boat.....or on bottom of lake/river/ocean in sunken boat.

How many rogue waves are there in rivers or lakes OT one of the Great
Lakes? Even in the ocean, I haven't seen any rogue waves - relatively
rare.

** 30' boat sliced open from uncharted rock 2' underwater. Boat sinks in
seconds as adults scramble to unstrap child from stupid, non-PFD car seat.
Adults not wearing PFDs drown trying to save him.

The adults should also be wearing PFDs. I think the likelihood of
that happening is also rare - more likely where you are would be them
being run over by a freighter.

How about the hazard of a semi-truck overturning on your car? It does
happen (the instance I'm thinking of it killed the mom, but the baby
was OK), but it's pretty rare.

Any more stupid questions this afternoon?

What brand/model of infant PFD can that 8-month-old tiny baby wear that's
on your boat? If we put the baby in it and throw him overboard, assuming

First some people check the PFD out on their child (like in a pool)
before they go out. So they will know that it fits. Not necessary to
throw the kid overboard.

Second - an 8 month old baby is not *that* tiny. My four were all
over 8 lbs when born, and they went up from there. One or two of them
were walking by 8 months. So not that helpless either.

he is not strapped down to the sinking hulk headed for the bottom, will he
breathe any water into his lungs? Will his head slip through the hole if
you're not there to hold him in it?

Why bother?

Geez.....................(d^

grandma Rosalie