Yikes, lack of sailing is really bad...

I could go into all the effort to pull up all the rules that apply to clarify some of the incorrect assumptions here, but the bigger question is, what's the big deal?

Is carrying a throwable really going to slow you down?

Is wearing/carrying an approved device really going to slow you down?

Since the rules are on the books, are not new, and this is a potentially life-saving issue, shouldn't we be more appalled that this isn't being enforced? If everyone were following the rules, it would immediately become a non-issue, just something to bitch about (like comptips).

Mike