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Article: COAST GUARD CONSIDERS STRICT LIFE JACKET RULE

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May 31, 1998
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Boaters who prize a little time sunbathing on the bow may soon have to worry about a new kind of tan line - the one that comes from a life vest.

The U.S. Coast Guard is weighing whether it should require recreational boaters to wear their life jackets, not just carry them aboard.

While boaters have long resisted wearing them, complaining that the standard orange foam vest is bulky, hot and decidedly unfashionable, the Coast Guard has numbers to make the case for requiring them.

In 1996, there were 709 boating deaths nationally, 500 from drowning. Of those who drowned, 440 were not ...

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