Captain Ahab
Well-known member
I am always concerned about the quality and size of PFD's I see on friends boats. I had an incident years ago when my battery dies on my (then) big boat while drifting for flounder off Cape May NJ. It was dusk and had to call Sea Tow for a tow in
Always taught that whenever there is a problem or you a disabled the 1st thing is to get everyone in a life vest. Well my buddy was about 6'4" and pushing 300 lbs - the life vest would just not fit on him correctly.
We had no problems but I always keep that in mind whenever I have someone who is larger then most on board.
How many people here have even tried on their life vest?
Always taught that whenever there is a problem or you a disabled the 1st thing is to get everyone in a life vest. Well my buddy was about 6'4" and pushing 300 lbs - the life vest would just not fit on him correctly.
We had no problems but I always keep that in mind whenever I have someone who is larger then most on board.
How many people here have even tried on their life vest?