My father in-law, who is close to 80, was pulling his boat away from the marina at Lake Simcoe on Saturday. About 100 feet away from the dock he heard a bang and the back of his boat was gone and the boat was on fire! People from the dock were yelling "Jump", so he had to jump into the freezing lake in his clothes and shoes and swim to shore! Fortunately, he was perfectly fine!
The boat was burned to smithereens and the fire boats were on the scene. It made the news! Click here to watch!
So that was our bit of excitement over the holiday weekend!
No idea. But interestingly, he has spent years and years swimming laps in his freezing pool which he refuses to heat. He was well prepared for the lake swim!
By the way, he told my husband that he was glad he was wearing shoes. They acted like flippers!