LaBomba
Guru
- Joined
- Nov 18, 2012
- Messages
- 1,240
- Location
- Canada
- Vessel Name
- Looking Glass
- Vessel Make
- Carver 370 Voyager
I would expect that most if not all of you use a floater for some or all of your keys you take on or have on your boat to prevent Murphy from disposing of them when your least expecting it. So I went to the Toronto boat show yesterday and as usual some of the insurance companies and other retailers hand out free floaters for your keys. Well this morning going through my loot I pulled out a couple knowing that my old soap bar float was about shot. So I put a new one on, the first, oval one on the left in the picture. I was finished and about to put them away and I thought to myself, I wonder if these things actually will float my keys. So out came the milk pitcher for a test. With 1average size engine key and 5 small padlock, locker and misc. keys on the float I dropped it in the water and, you guessed it, right to the bottom. Next I tried the cut foam key, centre in my picture. One is about 3/8" thick and same thing. Tried two together as pictured and it worked floating about 3/4 under water and 1/4 above but that's fine. Just for comparison I put my old soap bar floater, the one on the right, and it floated 1/2 and 1/2. The point is all floaters are not equal and a extra key or two can make the difference of retrieving or swimming. Have you checked your floater lately???