[Rhodes22-list] Jerk to Inflate

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Chris,
And just when I thought I had heard every conceivable way to screw up  
story. (or done it myself)
 
Rummy
 
 
In a message dated 6/2/2015 1:14:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org writes:

Premature inflation, a terrible curse.  I knew this guy that  was anchored
in the Bahamas when a squall rolled through and the boat was  in what he
thought was 10 feet of water.  All of a sudden there is a  bang and the the
keel is shoved up through the hull so far that it kicked  up the steep
down.  Disaster. But a quick inspection showed no  water.  A further
inspection did find a fully inflated PFD jammed up  under the stepdown.  I
don't store my, I mean he doesn't store his  self inflating PFD's under
there anymore.

Chris  Geankoplis
Enosis

On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 8:22 AM, The Rhodes 22  Email List <
rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org> wrote:

>  Chris,
> Great story and thanks for sharing.  I just bought new  auto inflate
> jackets with the jerk to inflate pulls.  I, too, was  concerned about
> accidently pulling the pull cord.  Now the story  I don't want to tell is
> how I jumped in the lake to go swimming with  the jacket on and having it 
go
> off because I forgot to remove  it....
>
> Rob Lowe
>
>
> -----Original  Message-----
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List
> Sent: Monday, June 01, 2015 9:57 AM
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> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Jerk to  Inflate
>
> A guy I know went out sailing on the Potomac River  Sunday heading into a
> steady 12 knot head wind with building seas  reefed 130 jib and reefed 
main.
> Single handed and getting jostled  around abit he thought it prudent to 
put
> on his offshore Mustang self  inflatable life vest purchased from 
WestMarine
> about five years  ago.  While swinging the life vest over his shoulder and
> bouncing  off a breaker a loud whoosh noise was heard followed by an air 
bag
>  type inflation.  Looking down at the vest he noticed a pull cord that  
must
> have snagged labeled "Jerk to inflate".  The product  apparently performed
> as advertised.  It's probably past due to  have the new vest 
re-commissioned
> with a new inflation system.   The guy just hopes that some Jerk doesn't
> inflate it again for another  five years.
>
>
>
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> Christopher P.  Cowie
>
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