Same. Once they hit racing they move up into Lazers, apparently if you sit on back the of the sabots they feel like your sailing through porridge move forward and they quicken up.
Maybe, or a hungry bull shark.
Not much chance of drowning with the life jackets, first time my boy has been in one as I'm of the opinion that he needs to able to swim well. The jackets are compulsory and tbh I wasn't complaining as after 1.5 hours the boys decided that going full tilt then pinging it 90 degrees and capsizing it was more fun than doing endless laps around three buoys, not sure if racing is in the blood.