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[quote=Anonymous]We had a summer home on a deep lake (30 miles long × 2 miles wide). Everyone wore life jackets on boats. You could use the more comfortable zipper up life vests when you knew how to swim well enough to rescue yourself if you fell overboard wearing the lifejacket. My family never wore life jackets on docks. Young children were watched at all times and usually kept in the wading area at arms' reach. We were all prudent children and in this low-wake, no tide, freshwater environment, we were allowed to play and swim around the dock without life jackets once we were confident in the water (after mastering armstroke technique). Max depth was probably around 10 feet as far out as we usually went. So similar to a large public pool.[/quote]
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