[Rhodes22-list] life jackets

lcrowther lcrowther@cox.net
Sun, 17 Nov 2002 18:18:41 -0500


Alice,

I always wear a Model No. MD3001 Mustang Type V PFD which has automatic
inflation, hand inflation, and/or blow-it-up inflation and is very
comfortable.  See picture in Friends on the web site.  Also see picture of
John Ward testing what looks like a similar PFD on the same site.  I wear
this all the time since I almost always single-hand.  I now have a strobe
light and whistle attached to it.  Type V PFDs carry a tag that says
'Warning This is a Type V PFD, Approved only when worn'.  I also carry an
Offshore Commercial Type I PFD that I used before I got the Type V, 2 - Type
II, a Type IV, and 2 - Type III for my grandkids.

I use 3/8" 3 strand nylon dockline, 4-15' and 2- 25' springlines, all of
which I renew every Spring.  I put in early May and haul out late November.

Lloyd
s/v Uhuru II
West River, MD

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>
> Alice:
>        Ask Lloyd C. for his type, he sails the Chesapeake.
>                                       Ed K
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Docking lines and life jackets
>
> Would the list be so kind as to give your opinions regarding what size
> line
> to use for tying the rhodes to a floating dock for a summer season.3/8
> or1/2.
> We will be sailing in rivers and the great bay in NJ and once in a blue
> moon
> the ocean along the beach what life jackets or combinations do you
> recommend.
> Thanks Dan in Brigantine
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