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Forum: RIBs & ribbing

19 March 2008, 14:11

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Wrong lifejacket causes death?

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Posted By SeaSkills

I think you're right to be concerned. The...

I think you're right to be concerned. The tendency is for the float suit to elevate your legs and lower body when immersed. A lifejacket is designed to work effectively with the legs lower in the...

Forum: RIBs & ribbing

18 March 2008, 22:39

Replies: 27

Wrong lifejacket causes death?

Views: 4,240

Posted By SeaSkills

I don't know where the stats would be for this,...

I don't know where the stats would be for this, but my bet would be that far more people had drowned because of an ill-fitting lifejacket, or the lack of spray hoods and/or crutch straps (Ouzo) and...

Forum: RIBs & ribbing

18 March 2008, 17:58

Replies: 27

Wrong lifejacket causes death?

Views: 4,240

Posted By SeaSkills

I agree that people often wear them too loose,...

I agree that people often wear them too loose, but there's a danger in them being too tight as well - when the jacket inflates it increases the pressure, and if the straps are tight that pressure...

Forum: RIBs & ribbing

18 March 2008, 08:59

Replies: 27

Wrong lifejacket causes death?

Views: 4,240

Posted By SeaSkills

Unfortunately true. What people don't always...

Unfortunately true. What people don't always appreciate is that if you are in the water with an inflated lifejacket, the action of wind and waves turns you so that your feet are upwind and the waves...

Forum: RIBs & ribbing

18 March 2008, 06:09

Replies: 27

Wrong lifejacket causes death?

Views: 4,240

Posted By SeaSkills

Yeah, a terrible and tragic case. Add the Ouzo...

Yeah, a terrible and tragic case. Add the Ouzo story from last year and it seems that ill-fitting lifejackets are all too common. It's surely not intentional - nobody would take those sort of risks...

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