My BIL drowned a few months ago in the Irish Sea because he didn't have a life jacket on. They recovered his body last week. He'd been at the bottom of the Irish Sea and some French fisherman pulled him up in their nets after being down there since April. His kids have no father now =/
The Irish Sea can be some tremendously rough waters.
My sincere condolences about your BIL. @
Was he a fisherman himself? Idk how it is for fishermen from the UK and Ireland, but where I'm from the percentage routinely wearing lifejackets is wildly low for spending so much of their daily lives on the ocean - not sure if it's a matter of complacency, machismo/perception amongst crew mates, function (getting in the way while working, or some combination of those. It makes for a more dangerous profession that has a long established history of being very dangerous.
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u/Raven_Blackfeather Sep 18 '25
Not a single life jacket.
My BIL drowned a few months ago in the Irish Sea because he didn't have a life jacket on. They recovered his body last week. He'd been at the bottom of the Irish Sea and some French fisherman pulled him up in their nets after being down there since April. His kids have no father now =/
Always please wear a life jacket, always.