Giving back and environmental Awareness

Yacht Network Jr.
Dockwise program

The Yacht Network Jr. Dockwise Program is aimed at reducing child drownings by installing lifejacket loaner stations at marinas and yacht clubs, thereby increasing awareness of the issue and providing free access to children’s lifejackets on an honour system/borrowing basis.

All expenses including kiosks, lifejackets (and replacements as they go missing), and specific liability insurance are covered by Yacht Network.

As of 2025 there are eight life jacket loaner stations situated across North America.

Our Goal

Our goal at Yacht Network is to “promote the Yachting Lifestyle” – after two decades of success, thanks to boaters like you, we are in a position, and feel we have a responsibility to give back to the U.S. boating community. We have had excellent feedback on the program, and are planning to expand it with new stations every year – If you are a member of a Yacht Club or Marina in the United States and feel like your boaters would benefit from this, please contact us.

Our goal is to change these shocking statistics from United States Coast Guard

900

Drowning remains the leading cause of unintentional injury death for children aged 1 to 4 and the third leading cause for those aged 5 to 19. Each year, nearly 900 children and adolescents in the U.S. die from unintentional drowning.

85 %

85% of drowning victims were not wearing a life jacket.

28 %

In 2022, there was a 28% increase in drowning incidents among children aged 1-4 compared to 2019.

380

In 2021, 380 children under the age of 15 fatally drowned, marking a 12% increase from the 339 fatalities reported in 2020. Notably, children aged 5 and younger accounted for 75% of these drowning deaths.