Re: [Paddlewise] What's on ur PFD?

 I have a VHF in a waterproof baggie in PFD one pocket, lanyarded around the shoulder webbing so it won't get lost overboard. The other pocket holds my keys (clipped to a sewn-in key clip) and three Skyblazer flares. A knife in a sheath is clipped to the webbing above this pocket. Velcroed to the shoulder webbing on this side is a case for my waterproof digicam - which is also lanyarded to the PFD to prevent loss overboard in use. I've got a single AA battery strobe attached to the other shoulder. Joining these shoulder mounted items this season will be a tiny Geko GPS in a waterproof Aquapac (my christmas present to myself). It will serve both as a back-up to the main GPS which rides in front of the cockpit, and to let me give my position to rescuers should I need to use the VHF and be seperated from my boat.
 On solo trips and long crossing, I velcro a custom pocket to the webbing laddering on the back of my PFD. It holds a Sea Seat (no longer made, it's essentialy an orally inflated one person liferaft you sit in bean-bag style.) My thinking is if I'm seperated from my boat, the Sea Seat will increase my survival time by keeping my mostly out the the water (I do wear a wetsuit as well, and carry a space blanket). It will make me more visible, being big, yellow, and higher in the water than I would be alone. It will also increase the effectiveness of my flares by letting me see better when other boats are in sight, and increase the range of my radio by tranmitting slightly above the water, not in it.
 
 Philip
 
    
 -----Original Message-----
 From: skimmer_at_enter.net
 To: paddlewise_at_paddlewise.net
 Sent: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 09:07:10 4
 Subject: [Paddlewise] What's on ur PFD?
 
  This a survey question.

SNIP

What other items do you have attached to your PFD? How are 
those items attached? Did you have to sew attachments on the 
jackets for such gear?


   
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