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Originally Posted by bljones
Other than the questionable sartorial deficit of wearing a fanny pack... if it ain't waterproof, you're just carrying a whole bunch of now useless dead weight once you step up into the liferaft and get drenched along the way. |
The fanny pack is the least of my worry because it is very small. A quart of H2O will overfill the bag easily. During the safety at sea training, I have learned that wearing fouled weather gear in the water can be fatal. There is no way one can get to the
life raft without using a tether. In the swimming pool, I can get myself out of the pool without others help, but I am not sure I can do so by myself in the stormy sea. Ditching the clothing is not easy, ditching the fanny is a 5 sec one hand operation.
After the training, I totally rethink my approach when it comes to ditching the boat. As for now, I would rather wear a wetsuit in a stormy weather with a manual activated
life vest. I thought about sailing and survival at sea almost everyday. Hopefully I don't need to use it at all.