<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="http://9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="Police"><span>Police</span></a><span> in </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/south-australia" rel="" target="" title="South Australia"><span>South Australia</span></a><span> are pleading with the public to ensure their boats are water-ready and to wear working life jackets this summer after a tide of rescues in the past weeks involving capsized vessels.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the past year, inspections of more than 5000 vessels in the state have resulted in 601 fines, with 143 specifically issued for life jacket violations. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In the past few weeks, police have responded to five capsized vessels, one of which tragically resulted in the death of a 77-year-old fisherman off the coast of Elliston.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In another incident near Robe on the Limestone Coast, two brothers miraculously survived nearly seven hours in the water after their boat sank due to a freak wave. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Although both men were wearing life jackets, one of them failed to inflate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Anyone heading to beaches or rivers over the holiday period has been urged to tell someone where they'll be and when they're planning to return.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of </span></em><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>