Ben Dobrin

The AIS system allows vessels of all sizes to exchange navigation and identification information with each other.

When connected to something like your chart plotter or your radar, the AIS-700 allows you to see the name, course, speed, and position of other AIS-equipped vessels right on your screen.

As a Class B device, the AIS-700 not only receives AIS information from other vessels, but it broadcasts your boat's information too.

This helps to ensure other vessels out there are aware of your location and identification.

That's my exact thought.

I was talking about it with a friend today and I read his account is that she started swimming and he started paddling and why didn't they meet together in the middle?

If he could paddle to shore, he could paddle to her.

My other question is the daughter has said that Brian is the one who usually operates the boat.

Why was the kill switch lanyard on her?

The kill switch lanyard is a very short piece of

you know, string or rope or whatever, that is usually attached to the operator of the vessel so that if the operator would fall overboard, the boat would stop.

Daughter says that he always is the one who operates the boat.

There's no reason that she had the kill switch lanyard and went into the water.

So that didn't make sense to me at all.

Looking at pictures of the little dinghy, it's tiny.

You're not going to not know somebody went overboard.

You're going to know they went overboard.

But even if she was driving for some reason,

he could have paddled back to her if she fell off.

The motor, looking at the motor, I don't know how many horsepower, but it's not big.