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What is the implication when you ask if someone can swim? (self.sailing)

submitted 5 months ago by Pat12 to c/sailing

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If you want to take someone sailing on a boat and you ask them if they can swim, what exactly are you asking? Everyone can float if they have a life jacket right?

My understanding is that someone is being asked if they can take care of themselves and/or tread water until they are rescued and/or if they are a strong swimmer, but I could be wrong.

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[–] MrJameGumb 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Even with a life jacket you might still have to swim back to the boat. Or maybe they want to drop anchor at some point and let everyone have a little swim? Seems like a basic safety/planning kind of question since you'd be in the middle of a body of water

[–] Pat12 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Seems like a basic safety/planning kind of question since you’d be in the middle of a body of water

I think so, too. Swimming with a life jacket in my opinion is more difficult than swimming without one. However, I would think that treading water is more difficult than swimming with a life jacket so maybe if swimming with a life jacket is the expectation, then that's ok.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

If the boat goes down you could need a life jacket to stay afloat longer than you could swim. But it would also be helpful if you can make your way through the water in a purposeful direction. Ideally everyone wears flotation gear just in case. But it's especially important for a person who isn't a good swimmer. Or at least fat enough to float, like Pippi Longstocking's father.