You want all of your Smith Mountain Lake boating excursions to be safe, right?

Of course you do!

Sometimes — just sometimes, maybe — when little sisters listen to their big brothers, there’s a real benefit. Ask Larissa Koefer. She’ll tell you all about how big brother Joseph led her to her job at Bridgewater Marina, a job she loves.

Joseph, who is 21 now, started at the Marina five years ago and has never made a secret of how much he likes it. So, when Larissa came of age two years ago, she talked to him about the marina, was impressed and applied for a job. She’s in her second summer now and Joseph is still there this summer, running the boat shop at Smith Mountain Lake State Park for Bridgewater Marina.