[Rhodes22-list] Jerk to Inflate

[The Rhodes 22 Email List]

With great experiance comes great screw ups.

On Tue, Jun 2, 2015 at 4:30 AM, The Rhodes 22 Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

> Chris,
> And just when I thought I had heard every conceivable way to screw up
> story. (or done it myself)
>
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 6/2/2015 1:14:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org writes:
>
> Premature inflation, a terrible curse.  I knew this guy that  was anchored
> in the Bahamas when a squall rolled through and the boat was  in what he
> thought was 10 feet of water.  All of a sudden there is a  bang and the the
> keel is shoved up through the hull so far that it kicked  up the steep
> down.  Disaster. But a quick inspection showed no  water.  A further
> inspection did find a fully inflated PFD jammed up  under the stepdown.  I
> don't store my, I mean he doesn't store his  self inflating PFD's under
> there anymore.
>
> Chris  Geankoplis
> Enosis
>
> On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 8:22 AM, The Rhodes 22  Email List <
> rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:
>
> >  Chris,
> > Great story and thanks for sharing.  I just bought new  auto inflate
> > jackets with the jerk to inflate pulls.  I, too, was  concerned about
> > accidently pulling the pull cord.  Now the story  I don't want to tell is
> > how I jumped in the lake to go swimming with  the jacket on and having it
> go
> > off because I forgot to remove  it....
> >
> > Rob Lowe
> >
> >
> > -----Original  Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org [mailto:
> >  rhodes22-list-bounces at rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of The Rhodes 22 Email
> List
> > Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 9:57 AM
> > To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Jerk to  Inflate
> >
> > A guy I know went out sailing on the Potomac River  Sunday heading into a
> > steady 12 knot head wind with building seas  reefed 130 jib and reefed
> main.
> > Single handed and getting jostled  around abit he thought it prudent to
> put
> > on his offshore Mustang self  inflatable life vest purchased from
> WestMarine
> > about five years  ago.  While swinging the life vest over his shoulder
> and
> > bouncing  off a breaker a loud whoosh noise was heard followed by an air
> bag
> >  type inflation.  Looking down at the vest he noticed a pull cord that
> must
> > have snagged labeled "Jerk to inflate".  The product  apparently
> performed
> > as advertised.  It's probably past due to  have the new vest
> re-commissioned
> > with a new inflation system.   The guy just hopes that some Jerk doesn't
> > inflate it again for another  five years.
> >
> >
> >
> > -----
> > Christopher P.  Cowie
> >
> > 4400 MacArthur Blvd, NW
> > Suite 300
> >  Washington, DC 20007
> > 202.342.2711 ex.204 ● 202.342.2691 fax ●  202.270.1470 mobile [
> >  ccowie at cowieassociates.com]
> >
> >
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