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19 November 2005, 18:38
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Newport IoW
Boat name: Amean/Pronto/Rumbo
Make: Solent Rib Princess
Length: 7m +
Engine: 200hp Etec 260x 2
MMSI: lots of them
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 1,861
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What do you wear
What do you wear when afloat
Lifejacket manual/automatic
Personal flotation Device
Nothing
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RYA Freelance YMI power Powerboat and PWC instructor trainer vhf first aid sea survival Diesel engine radar and navigation instructor
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19 November 2005, 18:43
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Country: Iceland
Town: Reykjavik
Boat name: Cheesee
Make: Seaquel 600 XS
Length: 6m +
Engine: Mercury 275 Verado
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 1,959
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Musto HPX dry suit
Musto lifejacket/manual
Bogi
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19 November 2005, 18:58
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Southampton
Boat name: DynaMoHumm/ SRV/deja
Make: Avon8.4, 5.4 & 4.777
Length: 8m +
Engine: Cat3126 Yam 90 &70
MMSI: 42
Join Date: Dec 2003
Posts: 6,562
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I always wear a lifejacket even when I am working on the Tug, I don'r really know whether to wear an Auto or a Manual. I tend to waer Manuals but I think I should really wear Auto's.
All in all I am in a Kwandree, about it. I would be interested to know what the Konsensus is
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19 November 2005, 19:03
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Gosport
Boat name: April Lass
Make: Moody 31
Length: 9m +
Join Date: Aug 2001
Posts: 4,951
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Drysuit or sailing oilies with manual life jacket.
Pete
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19 November 2005, 19:31
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Member
Country: Ireland
Town: Dublin
Boat name: Platypus
Make: Parker 630
Length: 6m +
Engine: 1.7 Mercruiser DTI
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 130
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Automatic Lifejacket - ALWAYS
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19 November 2005, 20:16
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Portsmouth Harbour
Length: no boat
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 175
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offshore ollies and a bouynacy aid, only cos im a dinghy sailor and a poor student and cannot afford a life jacket!!
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RYA Powerboat Instructor, RYA PWC Instructor, RYA Dinghy Instructor
Davies Coaching
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19 November 2005, 21:13
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Cowes
Boat name: Tabby Cat
Make: Halmatic
Length: 7m +
Engine: 2 x Yamaha 115
Join Date: Jun 2004
Posts: 388
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Offshore waterproofs or drysuit, with auto lifejacket. When on lifeboat always drysuit, helmet and man lifejacket, just incase i have to get in water quickly.
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19 November 2005, 21:48
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Member
Country: Other
Town: Vectis Isle
Boat name: REEF
Length: 6m +
MMSI: 235064495
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 353
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Alto and a Leopard skin jock strap
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19 November 2005, 23:51
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Brittany/Portsmouth
Boat name: Merlin
Make: Solent 6.5
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200
MMSI: soon !
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 5,451
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drysuit , auto & helmet cos I don't like salt in me eyes while driving.
(We do know someone who fell in off a RIB and didn't inflate his lifejacket cos he said it would save him 20 kwid.)
missus 
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20 November 2005, 00:10
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: sunny south coast
Boat name: Pride of Bilboa
Length: 10m +
MMSI: 4
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 521
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Manual.. The girls both have auto's tho.. I was gonna get an auto, but on the theory I might hafta jump into the water to get to them, I wanted the option of whether or not my lifejacket was inflated..
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20 November 2005, 00:30
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Member
Country: UK - Wales
Town: Pwllheli
Length: no boat
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 78
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I wear my musto offshore oillies or a drysuit with either a bouyancy aid or an automatic lifejacket depending on what I am doing.
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20 November 2005, 00:36
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: Cowichan Bay
Boat name: Neptune
Make: Zodiac Hurricane
Length: 6m +
Engine: twin140 suzi 4stroke
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 203
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I wear a mustang floater suit, its nice because its a life jacket as well as beiing very warm. Very rarely wear the drysuit.
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20 November 2005, 01:51
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: British Columbia
Make: Gemini
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40hp 2 str
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 2,151
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What good is a manual if you are knocked unconscious? Aside from lower cost, what advantage would a manual have over an auto? Are the autos highly reliable or are they prone to premature inflation, or not inflating at all when needed?
Mustang makes some excellent floater suits. I haven't yet splurged on one, but this is probably the best time of year for me to buy one. Up until now I've been using a fairly basic Coast Guard approved vest style PFD, which wouldn't provide much warmth in cold water.
OceanEco, What do your clients wear?
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20 November 2005, 03:47
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: Cowichan Bay
Boat name: Neptune
Make: Zodiac Hurricane
Length: 6m +
Engine: twin140 suzi 4stroke
Join Date: Oct 2005
Posts: 203
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All of our clients also wear mustang floater suits, we also provide binoculars, toques(warm hats) and gloves for each person.
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20 November 2005, 06:59
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Administrator
Country: UK - England
Town: Brighton
Length: 3m +
Join Date: May 2000
Posts: 7,106
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Drysuit, auto lifejacket.
John
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20 November 2005, 08:14
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Southampton
Boat name: Hissing Sid
Make: Ross Smith Cobra
Length: 6m +
Engine: 200HP Optimax
MMSI: 235038046
Join Date: Jun 2002
Posts: 3,804
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I always wear an auto jacket but depends on the weather and what I'm doing as to what else. Wet suit, waterproofs, jeans and t-shirt, shorts etc.
This time of year I would probably wear a cabin!
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20 November 2005, 10:44
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Cowes, Isle of Wight
Boat name: TiLT 2
Make: Avon Adventure 620
Length: 6m +
Engine: Optimax 135
MMSI: 235032203
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 1,641
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I was thinking of getting one of these:
http://www.seasafe.co.uk/sea-trekker-detail.asp
Any thoughts?
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20 November 2005, 12:42
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Member
Country: Belgium
Town: NIVELLES BELGIUM
Boat name: INDEPENDENT
Make: BWM RAPIER
Length: 9m +
Engine: Ob 2*250/2t yams hpd
MMSI: 235030702
Join Date: Aug 2004
Posts: 885
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Life jacket, boxer shorts, tee shirt,chinos, pair of cat. boots, and if its really cold a sweater- providing the heater works.
Jonathan ( cabin rib )
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20 November 2005, 15:01
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Fareham
Length: 6m +
Join Date: Sep 2003
Posts: 7,866
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Drysuit and Auto and a cool set of Sunglasses  .
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Looks Slow but is Fast
Member of the ebay Blue RIB cover club.
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20 November 2005, 15:04
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: London
Boat name: varies
Make: n/a
Length: n/a
Engine: varies
Join Date: May 2004
Posts: 128
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Drysuit (with thermals & polar bear suit underneath)
Crewsaver (Seafire?) Twin chambered SOLAS lifejacket, both chambers are auto inflation. Plus safety knife on a lanyard and small strobe/torch, clipped on lifejacket belt.
hat, gloves & ski goggles/sun glasses.
Quite a lot when written down isn't it?!! 
t
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