![]() Our Euro CE certification blurb is as good as it gets. Hi Dylan personal flotation device capabilities have been extensively researched by many national and international maritime bodies over the years so no need for a practical boat owner icy dip to test for yourself. I have fallen off once and nearly off another time both while moored. This I think should enhance your ability to survive. Plus of course you need confidence that you can swim and get back on the boat. ie the shock of hitting the water and the cold shock should be familiar to you to enhance your ability to recover. My theory is that you need experience at actually falling in. Ultimately you should try getting in the water. Now with another 20Kg of fat it is far easier. So I have noticed that when I was young and skinny I had a lot of trouble swimming and floating. It is all a question of amount of fat you carry. I think the concern about clothing is not so much its weight but the way it restricts your ability to swim to keep afloat. this is obvious from their use as dinghy LJ and Kyaker's LJ where you expect to go in the water and expect to rescue yourself and the boat. They provide some warmth and are not too intrusive yet always work as buoyancy without your action and you can work yourself to rescue yourself. In answer to your primary question Dylan yes I think that the 50n buoyancy aid is ideal for sailing and I prefer this type myself. I do have an old lifejacket, which is a hybrid - it has enough foam in it to serve as a buoyancy aid (albeit a bulky one), and it has a mouth inflated bladder which takes it up to lifejacket standard. The downside of this strategy is that if I am knocked overboard unconscious it won't help me until (and if!) I come round. If I found myself in the sea, I wouldn't plan to inflate it unless I had exhausted the possibilities of swimming and self-recovery or helping someone get me back in the boat. At sea I use a manually triggered gas lifejacket. I would prefer a small foam buoyancy aid inshore. Unfortunately, the bulk and position of the buoyancy needed to achieve this will make it very diffcult to swim, or to climb a ladder, etc. If you are incapacitated, you need a lot of buoyancy, and to be flipped onto your back. Dylan, You will float even without a buoyancy aid! (Just try swimming to the bottom of the river/pool and trying to stay there.)Īs has already been said, the issue is keeping your mouth and nose out of the water.
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