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Survival Life Jackets
Survival Life Jackets For Inflatable Boat Owners
The most essential boating accessories sailors should have aboard their inflatable boats are survival life jackets. Wearing a life jacket or Personal Flotation Device (PFD) will save your lives if you are in a boating accident because it will keep you afloat until help arrives. There are several different kinds sailing life jacket designs. You need to know about each type of life jacket to make an informed purchase.
If you regularly take your sail boat on the ocean, you should use an offshore life jacket. This survival jacket is designed to keep you afloat in rough waters. Even if you become unconscious during a sailing accident, this type of personal flotation device will turn your face up. With 22 pounds of buoyancy it is the best PFD to have if you are sailing in remote lakes where help may be a long time coming.
The classic life jacket for adults and children is referred to as the near shore survival jacket. It is not as bulky as the offshore PFD and is designed for sailing in inshore waters. This type of personal flotation device is designed for areas where you won’t have to be in the water very long before help arrives.
For comfortable sailing, you might want to consider a flotation aid. This type of life jacket is the one used for most recreational boating activities. These are not really survival jackets because although they will keep you buoyant in the water and save your life, if you are unconscious they will not turn your face up.
You need to know about the different designs of life jackets in order to equip your inflatable boat with the best survival gear for your passengers. Families that enjoy sailing together should have a personal flotation device for each member of the family. Life jackets and survival vests are not as bulky and uncomfortable as they once were. Make sure the PFDs you buy for your inflatable sail boat is certified by the Coast Guard.
By: Kevin Urban
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About the Author: Kevin Urban is the editor for Inflatable-Boats-N-Kayaks.com, providing inflatable boat reviews and consumer tips on inflatable kayaks and canoes.
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Life Jackets
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Inflatable Boat Trailer
Get A Special Dolly For Your Inflatable Fishing Boat
Would you like to learn more about the inflatable dinghy, its accessories, or even something about an inflatable boat dolly? Whether you’re in the market to purchase one or you just simply like to learn more about this remarkable watercraft, then you may find this article useful.
In the early days of boating when tenders consisted of small rigid inflatable boats, the design and construction has changed vastly. Today, inflatables have become commonplace, but there always seems to be a challenge.
When it comes to storing, towing, and motor removal, several manufacturers such as Dinghy-Tow can offer you a solution to all of these problems. They have an excellent inflatable boat dolly and many other accessories related to the transport of inflatable boats. They have done four years of research and development, including testing on intercoastal waterways, rivers and canals, and many ocean waters of North America. It is based on the simple concept where you tow your dinghy backwards. This is achieved by allowing you to lift the stern of the dinghy out of the water. It comes complete with two stainless steel poles that are attached to the stern of the main vessel and connects to the transom of the dinghy with snap-on-quick release fasteners. It can sometimes be an almost impossible task if you’re on board alone and want to lower your inflatable fishing boat into the water.
Attached to the stern rail is an accompanying tackle that is attached to the outer end of the poles. This will allow someone standing in the cockpit to easily lift the stern of the inflatable dinghy out of the water. It has great advantages, because when you tow your dinghy in this manner you can lift it out at its strongest point which is the transom.
Quite often you’ll have a motor attached, and therefore, this is where most of your weight is located. You’re also going to have low drag as only a small portion of the bow remains in the water, which is another great advantage. You can pull the bowline of the dinghy in into a storage position against the stern’s rail, and by pulling in the tackle. It can further lift the dinghy into a higher, more secure position against the backstay. As an additional benefit, you’re going to find that when your inflatable fishing boat is in this position, the interior and the outboard motor will be protected from the elements.
Your inflatable dinghy must have a solid transom. Stern rails come in varying strengths, so it’s important that it be reinforced if you doubt that the transom is sturdy enough. Additional stern rail support may be required. A simple solution to this problem is to reinforce your stern rail by fastening a cable to the upper lifeline attachment point on the stern rail. You can run it forward several feet to a point on the toe rail with a turnbuckle to provide adjustment.
Your inflatable fishing boat can be handled with ease with this Dinghy-Tow system. Depending on your vessel, this company has several models available and you are advised to consult with an expert. When it comes to installing this great transport device, there are simplified installation procedures or, if you’re not familiar or simply don’t feel comfortable doing the installation yourself then have an expert do it for you. With this type of device, it is important to consider such items as vertical transom and transoms that extend aft of the deck line, trimarans, canoe sterns, fixed swim platforms, and walk-through transoms. There are several more items to be considered before you install one. So make sure you do your homework extremely well.
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Inflatable Boat Trailers
An inflatable boat trailer is needed if the user has a Rigid Inflatable Boat (RIB), since those boats have only a deflatable collar surrounding a solid hull. RIB’s are regular boats in many ways.
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