T&T: Ring Buoys to fit the boat

[Peter Bennett]

Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 10:58:11 AM, Arild wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Maurice

>> Large rings buoys don't fit well on small boats.



AJ> REPLY
AJ> Ah!  yes of course. Which also mean large people do not fit small boats.
AJ> <VBG>

AJ> But that begs the question - if large rings do not fit well on small boats
AJ> how about large PFD's and Solas life preservers.

Well, we (Canada) don't require SOLAS life preservers on pleasure
craft, but we do require PFDs to fit the crew - so if we can squeeze a
XXXL person on board, it must be  assumed that we can also get an XXXL PFD
on board for him.     :-)

Canada currently requires a 24" or 30" (actually 610mm or 762mm) ring
bouy on any pleasure craft over 6 metres.


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