I was more interested in your question:
"an inflatable rubber saucer is you only and/or best solution in case you
are
sinking?"

What other options are you thinking about?

1.) A hard dinghy, ala Lin & Larry,
2.) Putting the boat in solid shape,
3.) Realizing the chance of a sinking is remote compared to other risks,
4.) Realizing that maybe -- just maybe -- an inflatable rubber saucer might
not inflate when you need it, so plan to not need it.

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
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I was more interested in your question:
"an inflatable rubber saucer is you only and/or best solution in case you
are
sinking?"

What other options are you thinking about?

1.) A hard dinghy, ala Lin & Larry,

This seems to be the only realistic option.

Your question was about the options when your boat was already sinking. So
the rest of your answers are fairly irrelevant, arent they?

2.) Putting the boat in solid shape,
3.) Realizing the chance of a sinking is remote compared to other risks,
4.) Realizing that maybe -- just maybe -- an inflatable rubber saucer
might
not inflate when you need it, so plan to not need it.



regards


Donal
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Your question was about the options when your boat was already sinking. So
the rest of your answers are fairly irrelevant, arent they?

oh god, no. unless one also asks the question of a young man, "What medication
scheme is the best in case you catch lung cancer 40 years from now?". Plainly,
not smoking is a cheaper, more viable option than chemo maybe at some future
point.

reducing the risk is always preferable. Liferaft or not, you already have a
greater chance of dying of skin cancer than drowning on a sinking sailboat.
For the price of the liferaft you can buy a LOT of sunscreen AND have a greater
chance of dying from a gunshot wound of a jealous husband at age 95 to boot.

Donal wrote:

"JAXAshby" wrote in message
...

I was more interested in your question:
"an inflatable rubber saucer is you only and/or best solution in case you
are
sinking?"

What other options are you thinking about?

1.) A hard dinghy, ala Lin & Larry,


This seems to be the only realistic option.

Your question was about the options when your boat was already sinking. So
the rest of your answers are fairly irrelevant, arent they?

I'd say a good inflatable is much better than a hard dinghy.

Cheers

it's hard to argue with scientific logic.


"JAXAshby" wrote

What other options are you thinking about?

1.) A hard dinghy, ala Lin & Larry,
2.) Putting the boat in solid shape,
3.) Realizing the chance of a sinking is remote compared to other risks,
4.) Realizing that maybe -- just maybe -- an inflatable rubber saucer
might
not inflate when you need it, so plan to not need it.