Well I just had to do it. Had a 30 man 1972 Switlik 30 man life raft
thats been in storage forever...

Popped it off last night..and low and behold she inflated perfectly.
Still tight as a drum this AM. Was owned by Delta airlines. IMO a bit
short on water..3 -16 oz cans for 30 people. Good thing they had a
bible in it... if 30 people had to survive on so little water for any
time they would need to pray for rain. Jelly cubes of some sort, lots
of biscuts, a whistle, signal mirror, one flare, survival book, sea
anchor, and a nifty knife with a spoon and fork on it. Bad thing----
the sea dye container had burst and we all got covered with an orange
dye that turns the water a bright green, I'm saving whats left of it
for when all the Mexicans are fishing... I'm going to sneek it in the
water and turn the place green on them. Had I known it was still so
tight and sound I would not have popped it off..it would have been
perfect to lay on the cabin floor and pop off it the boat were to
start sinking...positive floatation for sure. Ill get pictures
today...it's huge! I'm going to have to read the instructions for the
canopy..it has an aluminum frame system and 6 water collection bags.

So now..what do you do with a 35 year old liferaft?

Joe
Will buy a Switlik!