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Are children required to wear a PFD (Life jacket) while in a boat ?

April 26, 2017boat children jacket life PFD wear

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Are children required to wear a PFD (Life jacket) while in a boat ?

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Yes, the law requires that a Coast Guard approved life jacket to be worn by children less than 10 years of age when aboard watercraft in Minnesota when the craft is under way (not tied up at a dock or permanent mooring). Exceptions are when the child is in an enclosed cabin or below the top deck on a watercraft, when on an anchored boat that is a platform for swimming or diving or when aboard a charter (passenger) craft with a licensed captain. All persons on a watercraft must have a properly fitting PFD on board the water craft. This means that children need child PFDs and adults need adult PFDs.