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• Re-certifying a 4 year old liferaft
  • Who requires the recertification?
  • I have never heard of that brand
  • It would seem like the printer cartridge game
  • http://www.ybw.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182321
  • Unless I was offshore racing and needed certification to participate ...
    • Anyone have any experience with Avon
      • Avalon
        • Slip of the fingers... I knew that!!! or
          • Cost of last recert in April 2011 at Avalon
      • I"ve had an 8 person Avon in a hard canister for 12 years
      • Steve,,lets service it ourselves
  • What happens to the raft just sitting in its case?
    • Open it up and manually inflate it
    • DON'T USE THE BOTTLE TO INFLATE -- Except in Emergency
    • The seams rot, the stuff on the inside may have gone bad, etc.
      • arming device?
        • Oops,,, I'm on the Admirals computer ( Dan y )
        • Interesting. I have 40 year old rubber boots that don't leak.
          • Dave, that whaler won't sink...remember these..
          • there should be a back-up plan
    • The rubber dries out...
  • Update 1
    • Rent a raft for a race...
    • It might be a matter of interpreting the wording of the form.
    • Why would you ever by another one of the Seago rafts?
      • Very good!