NSW
1325 posts
If you are an older person,climbing back into the dinghy can be impossible. Anyway most are not stable enough. In the case of the gentlemen I rescued, the horseshoe life ring I gave him made a huge difference. A modern slim inflatable life jacket can provide the time to wait for rescue, provided we are talking about typical mooring areas like Sydney and surrounds. I am not keen on the auto inflating ones though, read too many stories of them inflating at the wrong time and making a situation worse.
