Boats collide, but life saved because of life jacket

6:30 PM Mon 21 Jun 2010 GMT

'EVERYONE will benefit from wearing a life jacket' .

It was just 10 minutes past noon, when Britain's Humber Coastguard received a VHF call from the six-metre vessel 'Emma', reporting he had been knocked into the water following a collision with the 16 metre Shepherd Lad. The sole occupant of the Emma had observed the Shepherd Lad some time before the incident but thought she was turning away. He then looked up to see the larger vessel bearing down on him and managed to jump clear of the boat before impact. Fortuitously, the skipper of the Emma was wearing his lifejacket and had attached his VHF radio to the ...

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by Sail-World Cruising