So's, how much does the
www.autotether.com cost, and what's the rich advantage verses the standard lanyard, clip-on tether?
An excellent water safety item is the swimmer's belt that costs about $25, and is much less bulky than a pfd, and is designed for swimming so it makes for much more balanced buoyancy than a pfd. The pfd almost never gets used for swimming because it creates very unbalanced buoyancy as it is designed to keep one's head above water, while the swimmer's belt can be used as a learning tool, to get people to go swimming plus it keeps the stronger swimmer safe swimming in big waves, wind, and rough water.
With a swimmer's belt, anyone of average swimming ability can easily swim from Alton Bay to Center Harbor in under an hour ....... through high winds and rough waters ...... ho-ho-ho! .....well...ok...that's probably an exaggeration, but it adds a lot of safety to swimming. You can only drown once, but you can go swimming again and again ..... hmmm!