Lake Murray Power Squadron Hosts
Sea Tow Life Jacket Loaner Stand at Flotilla Island

America's Boating Club of Lake Murray, also known as Lake Murray Power Squadron (LMPS), continues to host a Sea Tow Life Jacket Loaner Stand at Flotilla Island. Sea Tow Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting boater safety and education, selected LMPS as one of several nonprofit organizations and boating agencies to host its Life Jacket Loaner program. 

The new stands and life jackets were purchased with a grant from the Sport Fish Restoration and Boating Trust Fund administered by the U.S. Coast Guard. Lake Murray Power Squadron first made the stand available on 29 April 2016 at Flotilla Island. Anyone needing to borrow a life jacket should come to the floating dock with the boat lift. Please email the squadron at LifeJackets@lmpsonline.org when borrowing a life jacket. Sizes are available for adults (standard and extra large), youth, children and infants.

Since 2008, the Sea Tow Foundation has distributed over 100,000 life jackets to local businesses and organizations across the country. The over 1,300 life jacket loaner stations currently in operation are placed in locations where boaters will have easy access to the life jackets, such as boat ramps, marinas, and parks. Boaters may borrow the life jackets at no cost and are asked to return them when they are finished so that they are available for others to use to help keep themselves and their passengers safer on the water.

For more information, please visit https://www.boatingsafety.com/page/life-jacket-loaner-program. Or to view a map of locations beyond that hosted by America's Boating Club of Lake Murray, view this map of Life Jacket Loaner Stations.

About Sea Tow Foundation
In 2007, Sea Tow Founder Capt. Joe Frohnhoefer created the Sea Tow Foundation – a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization – to promote safe boating practices. The Foundation’s goal is to reduce accidents, fatalities and property damage related to recreational boating. For more information, please visit www.boatingsafety.com.

About Sea Tow
Sea Tow Services International Inc. is the nation’s leading on-water assistance provider for boaters. Established in 1983 by Founder Capt. Joe Frohnhoefer, Sea Tow serves members inland to the coast throughout the United States, Europe, U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico. Sea Tow also offers free boating safety information including the Sea Tow App for smart phones, Sea Tow’s Automated Radio Check Service, and the nonprofit Sea Tow Foundation’s Life Jacket Loaner Station program.