When my daughter was 3 we were on the dock in the spring. My dock is 32 feet long and I was unhooking a trout near shore on the dock and my wife was sitting on the couch near shore. My daughter was at the end of the dock and fell in.
v glad these stories ended well...too often there isn't a second chance
Inspired by the above Jorge VA story (and this is more a pre-emptive safety measure when you can't be there to monitor),
Ewest helped engineer this little side project Here, some 4+ years later, it has weathered quite a bit but still functions just fine. I had to run in some stainless steel screws to snug up the pickets, but past that, the design works.