“Because of the wind, he would’ve been blown right the way across the lake to the shoreline about 12km away… he wouldn’t have been able to stop it.”
Anyone going on the water, no matter their skill level, needed to take basic precautions to keep themselves safe, he said.
“At the least, the bare minimum you need to do is wear a lifejacket on the water.
“Take some form of waterproof container to put your phone in – and put that in your lifejacket so you can use it if the worst happens. Even better, take a personal locator beacon and keep that in your lifejacket.”
“Everybody thinks ‘it won’t happen to me’, when they should be thinking ‘what if it does?’.”