beachbum29
Guru
I insist that we wear hydrostatic auto inflators when doing any type close maneuvering, such as docking, and when we go outside the inlet to the ocean no matter what the conditions are.
Anyone else do this?
Anyone else do this?
PFDs have their place. They may offer a degree of comfort, but don't think for a moment it's a life saving guarantee - take it from someone that almost died underwater while wearing a really expensive one
...better to not let things get that far...
Pop Quiz: You're at the helm when someone discovers that a person on board may be missing. Lets say you don't have a chart plotter, or that it's not turned on. What's the VERY FIRST THING you do??
Speaking of safety, have you seen the remote engine stop device that you can wear and stop your boat if you fall in. Seems cool. Requires shutdown solenoid not pull cable like my old engines.
Nope.
Hint: it's something you do, not say....
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PFDs have their place. They may offer a degree of comfort, but don't think for a moment it's a life saving guarantee - take it from someone that almost died underwater while wearing a really expensive one
...better to not let things get that far...
Pop Quiz: You're at the helm when someone discovers that a person on board may be missing. Lets say you don't have a chart plotter, or that it's not turned on. What's the VERY FIRST THING you do??
your situation description is too vague to really answer...PFDs have their place. They may offer a degree of comfort, but don't think for a moment it's a life saving guarantee - take it from someone that almost died underwater while wearing a really expensive one
...better to not let things get that far...
Pop Quiz: You're at the helm when someone discovers that a person on board may be missing. Lets say you don't have a chart plotter, or that it's not turned on. What's the VERY FIRST THING you do??
Simultaneously stop the boat (kill the engines to listen for shouts) and turn on and push the MOB button on your GPS to mark your present location or use any other GPS devise (phones). If no GPS devises throw a flare to mark your spot.
Spy, it did not connect for me.