A friend of mine is swimming a lot of open water swims and sometimes by herself. I noticed an article in Swimmer that discussed a small orange float that you could easily attach to yourself as a safety precaution. I found an article on the device, but I'm having a difficult time in finding a place to buy it. Please see the link below and if anyone knows where I can purchase this, please let me know. Thank you, Bill
blog.swimator.com/.../swim-safety-device-review-swimming-safe_21.html
I don't swim far from shore (when I swim in Lake Michigan), but on both the Chicago and Michigan sides you do tend to get bozos on their jet skis. Where I swim on the Michigan side the beaches are private, so there aren't even any marker buoys to identify a slow zone. You will occasionally get a jet ski or cigarette boat way too close to shore. Something like this looks like it would help.
I don't swim far from shore (when I swim in Lake Michigan), but on both the Chicago and Michigan sides you do tend to get bozos on their jet skis. Where I swim on the Michigan side the beaches are private, so there aren't even any marker buoys to identify a slow zone. You will occasionally get a jet ski or cigarette boat way too close to shore. Something like this looks like it would help.
