Paddle-craft users urged to take water safety seriously as sales surge

By Darren Gray
Updated December 11 2016 - 2:13am, first published 12:15am
Authorities are urging paddle craft users to be well prepared and wear a lifejacket. Photo: Maritime Safety Victoria
Authorities are urging paddle craft users to be well prepared and wear a lifejacket. Photo: Maritime Safety Victoria
Reaching to get back in after a mishap. Photo: Maritime Safety Victoria
Reaching to get back in after a mishap. Photo: Maritime Safety Victoria
Sales and the use of stand-up paddle boards are soaring. Photo: Leigh Hennigham
Sales and the use of stand-up paddle boards are soaring. Photo: Leigh Hennigham
Summer in Port Phillip Bay. Photo: Leigh Henningham
Summer in Port Phillip Bay. Photo: Leigh Henningham

Most of the paddle craft users who died in Victorian waters in the 16 years to mid-2016 were not wearing a life jacket, and none had any way of alerting people to their distress before they died.

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