Park District to Review Boat Safety Restrictions

The Wilmette Park District will review its weather-related sailing restrictions during an October Parks and Recreation Committee meeting to review, The Wilmette Life reports.

The decision comes on the heels of two men being rescued from a capsized sailboat Sunday morning, according to The Life. Neither man was injured during the incident.

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Meanwhile the issue has previously been discussed, but "district policy has been not to restrict sailboat access in bad weather," Recreation Superintendent Kathy Bingham told the paper.

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