Do I? Or Don't I??
So I am driving the beach on Race Point the other day......and I see this guy and his teenage son maybe 16 years old with a sit inside kayak stuck in the back of his Jeep and I watch them take it out and set it in the surf and I watch the son paddle out offshore a darn dood distance and could not help but notice....no life vest???! My observations besides this were...the sit inside kayak which was obviously quite beat, that they got it cheap recently and or given to them and were very, very new to kayaking and had not done their homework?! Now.....I ask myself.....do I go over to the gentleman and offer him a little good advice about the fact that his son is A) Not wearing a life vest of any kind nor do I see one with him and if he has one....when he does get in trouble he may not have time to put it on. B) A sit inside kayak is most definitely not a great choice for fishing the Race.....with the currents out there if they flip it will simply fill with water and they will never get it bailed out. C) What will you do sir if these things happen and your son is out there in trouble, you have no means of calling on your cell phone as there is no signal out on the Race, you will not be able to swim out to him for sure??? Against my better judgement I chose not to approach the gentleman as most often the response you might get is "Mind your own business" or "Oh we do this all the time".......so many times I do not bother. So my question to you folks is.....should I have said something to the gentleman or should I have just gone on my way as I chose to do??
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