Chasin' Dreams
Well-Known Member
This is my friend Jeff. We both took all the boat safety courses together recently so we could both charter our boats. He was a wonderful man. A great father loved by everyone so much. He worked for a logging company near where I work mining.
We both shared all the same loves and passions of nature, fishing etc. He was so excited to start his charter company and to be able to spend more time out on the ocean around Bella Bella, Shearwater etc.
Out of the 6 people on his boat he was the only one not wearing a life jacket. The other 5 were and were rescued.
I hope this can be a lesson to others reading about this. The cold water WILL KILL you in only minutes. You will lose muscle function and drown. I have no idea why Jeff wasn't wearing one but it was obviously a fatal mistake. Please always wear one when out in your boat. It only takes seconds for things to go wrong and for people to be in the water. Might not be enough time to put one on so always make sure it's on at all times.
RIP Jeff.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-bella-bella-boat-incident-1.5258942
We both shared all the same loves and passions of nature, fishing etc. He was so excited to start his charter company and to be able to spend more time out on the ocean around Bella Bella, Shearwater etc.
Out of the 6 people on his boat he was the only one not wearing a life jacket. The other 5 were and were rescued.
I hope this can be a lesson to others reading about this. The cold water WILL KILL you in only minutes. You will lose muscle function and drown. I have no idea why Jeff wasn't wearing one but it was obviously a fatal mistake. Please always wear one when out in your boat. It only takes seconds for things to go wrong and for people to be in the water. Might not be enough time to put one on so always make sure it's on at all times.
RIP Jeff.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/rcmp-bella-bella-boat-incident-1.5258942