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I do not like Lifesling
On Apr 8, 11:51*am, hk wrote:
On 4/8/10 11:48 AM, Frogwatch wrote: I have one but when I consider how it is to be used, it makes no sense. *In most cases, you will want to be able to throw something to the person and you simply cannot throw the Lifesling. *After considering various throwables, I settled on a cheap JimBuoy with a poly (floating) rope attached via a ss clip. *The 150' of light line goes into a canvas bag on the stern rail where it is protected from the sun. *The ring buoy is detached and put below when I am not on the boat and the line is stuffed in its bag out of the sun. *When I go aboard, I simply attach the line again. Of course, this is in addition to the tethers we use that attach via a carabiner to our inflatable life jackets. *The tethers go to a ring bolt in the cockpit. *At night, everybody wears a tether. The inflatables each have a strobe as well and mine has a new EPIRB. YES, I am paranoid. You need to separate your concerns about ring tossing, lifejackets and boating safety in man overboard from paranoia. There's nothing paranoid about being concerned about boating safety. Yes, you are paranoid, but your paranoia has nothing to do with boating safety. --http://tinyurl.com/ykxp2ym Safe as can be hiding in your basement with your guns, huh? |
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