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• Inflatable PFD maintenance
  • Good question. FYI, we self certify our liferaft.
    • I toss the crew overboard and watch it inflate with a beer in my hand. Far more fun than just pulling the trigger.
      • Not up to your usual.
        • No complaints here
        • Or down to his usual, depending on how fundamental you are
      • Nice pic, but that is not an inflating PFD
        • Best I can do is this
          • Doesn't work...
          • Try this one: Best I can do is this:
            • close enough.
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              • Here's one for you Tom
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                  • Don't ask again!!
                    • That photo ruined my day.
                      • hey! Don't shoot the messenger, I was just following orders.... Tom likes-em a bit 'older" apparently
                        • ???????!!!!!!!!!
                          • Oh Tom Tom Tom..... you like em a tad older than the rest of us... no need to hide in a lie.
                            • !!!!!!!!!?????????&^(#@@@@!!!!
                              • What's best by the Buck-buck -buck-bucket?
                • ??????
                • That's someone who is
                  • The body is but a vessel for the soul...
  • Just did that this weekend...
  • I blow mine up each spring to test that they hold inflation
    • Blowing them up by mouth will rot out the blatter.... don't ask me how I know. ;-(
  • Here's how NOT to test it
    • A close cousin to
      • My late BIL played that game once...