Be Safe Around Water  Life Jackets Are Cool  Cardinal Rules of
PFDs  1. Wear your PFD.  2. Make sure your PFD fits.  3. Don't
sit on your PFD-take care of it, it could save your life.  4.
Wear your PFD.  Testing your PFD  1. Put the PFD around your
neck  2. Tie the neck straps in a bow  3. Buckle the waist belt
4. Pull the waist belt until it is snug (ideally, the PFD should
be adjustable so that you can get a snug, but comfortable fit,
over a range of clothing, from a T-shirt to a pile sweater to a
parka or rain-coat).   5. Try some paddling motions to make sure
the PFD doesn't chafe or impair your range of motion.  6. Kneel
or sit, and with your arms raised over your head, ask a friend
to lift the top of PFD as high as it will go. If the neck tie of
the PFD goes above your chin, or if your ears and neck slip
though the head opening, it’s too loose. The PFD should not move
freely or slip off.  7. Readjust the PFD as needed and repeat
step 6