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Google really is your friend. Here is a pretty good link on swimming with the life jacket. After reviewing it, I think perhaps this might be incorporated into the "Safe Swim defense" resources. review After -
This is not new for deep water swimming (as one might do from a boat in a lake/river of any substance). In the 70s, ARC swimmer classes included practice jumping from a diving board with a PFD. An increasing number of recreational boaters came with an increased number of accidents, and media campaigns encouraging PFD use arose in response to this. -
The version I just read (undated) requires roped off areas according to ability groups (nonswimmer, beginner, and swimmer), and nothing over 12 feet deep is permitted, which is how I remember it as a former BSA Lifeguard Counselor. So this appears to be a modification to allow depths greater than 12 feet as long as PFD are worn. This would apply at the beach, as well, for a Unit activity. -
How do we interpret this for going to the beach? Guess it would help with the challenges of rip currents and tides, but actually, swimming with a vest is awkward, or at least for me. Can we find a way to fix legalese stupidity? And I still remember getting a vest caught on the edge of a canoe that went over in one of the canoe contests for leaders, and the vest kept my face in the water briefly, making me struggle to get upright. Guess I need not worry for myself, as I am no longer involved at that level. Still?
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I do not remember this in the previous iteration of Safe Swim Defense, and while I do not keep old versions of the GSS I did find a reference in Aaron on Scouting from 2021 that made no mention of life jackets. I can say that when my scouts came back to our campsite after the first free swim of the week (swimming in a lake that easily met the definition of turbid water) they complained about having to wear life jackets until I showed them the most 2025 version of the Aquatics Supervision Manuel. While they did not like it, they accepted it.
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