Rob wrote: "What was it that made the inflatable desirable over a foam pfd in the surf thrashing? I don't like my foam one as it makes it harder to duck under a wave, what was your pal's reasoning?" My friend came out of his boat, was swept out in a rip, and recycled. He had a struggle swimming, and tired. I think the reasoning is that while uninflated, it's easier to swim with an inflatable than a foam pfd. When very tired, and battered by waves, the inflatable can be inflated, and you use less energy keeping your head above water. One downside with inflatables is less body armour when near rocks. The advantage of greater comfort in normal forward paddling wins over that for me. Here is the letter from Baltic to airlines: http://www.balticlifejackets.com/_pdf/IATA_Dangerous_goods.pdf Here are the IATA regs in a table for passengers: http://www.iata.org/NR/ContentConnector/CS2000/SiteInterface/sites/whatwedo/dangerousgoods/file/Table2.3.AEnglish2005.pdf (see the top of the second page). It appears inflatables are OK on aircraft, subject to the approval of the individual airline. The last item in the table sets out the position with lighters. Cheers, PT *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Apr 28 2005 - 17:25:53 PDT
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