[Paddlewise] rescue pod

I have been thinking about making a rescue bag that would 
keep a person warm and afloat at sea. My initial idea was to 
use one of those 'space blanket' bags, with big sponsons on
the side.  The idea of the bubble wrap is good improvement, it
would also protect the body when hitting rocks.

The only thing that is missing from the initial design is a
way to breath with the persons head inside the bag.  The bag
could have both the space blanket and bubble rap, with a neck
made out of a type II PFD; but then the persons head is out on
the weather loosing heat. I would like to come up with a method
of completely enclosing a body, and keep it warm with an endless
supply of air.

Please put on your creative hats, and lets come up with something good. :-)

- Julio

> 
> Mark H. Hunt wrote:
> > 
> >      Well, it sounds as if several inner layers of bubble wrap might
> > privide that non-compressible dry suit insulation. I can supply a
> > make-your-own bubble wrap dry suit insulation kit for around $450.00 if
> > anyone wants to try it.....
> 
> Tongue-in-cheek, Mark's suggestion might be, but he may have hit on a way
> to achieve a FLEXIBLE noncompressible insulation material.
> 
> When the notion of "noncompressible" insulation came up, I chortled at the
> idea, thinking that anything which would resist the pressures of water (at
> depth, anyway) would certainly be so rigid a person could not bend or flex
> while wearing "noncompressible" insulation.  However, if Mark can make his
> bubble wrap suit so that the bubbles articulate a little bit, it might
> actually work!  After all, the bubbles mainly have to keep the outer layer
> away from your skin, preserving an air gap.  They don't necessarily have to
> jam against each other side-to-side.
> 
> Maybe fleece-infiltrations which gently interlock the bubbles?
> 
> I'll market my improvement on Mark's suggestion for only, say, $650 per
> kit, and offer a two-year warranty on replacing the bubbles.  Some assembly
> required ...
> 
> -- 
> Dave Kruger
> Astoria, OR
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