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• Does anyone rent life rafts for a reasonable price?
  • I have an idea.....
    • Could work….
  • An immersion suit seem useful for those working rather than as a strategy for replacing a raft
    • People are looking at immersion suits differently...
      • DDW, you certainly have the skills to do your own repack
        • Maybe true?
        • I agree. Dan (on Tropical Dance) and I
        • Better to inflate it with a hand pump (I was told)
          • It is also vEry hard on the bladder. Don't do it with inflatable vests either.
            • Did our inflatable vests this Spring.
          • It is 'probably' ok...
            • It's fun to pull the cord
              • Ozone? Just a guess
                • Would pratically have to been next to an electric motor...
        • When I was in the good old USN...
  • Not to be cavalier or "unsafe"
    • I thought the same thing. Bahamas are within my idea of coastal sailing.
    • I agree, but leaving from Charleston or Savannah is a little different.
    • Another spontaneous double post.
  • We self certified our 20 year old Avon canister