Posted by Laurence Monkhouse on July 10, 2003 at 06:17:19 from 217.137.106.14 user Laurence_.
In Reply to: Technically PFDs are not lifejackets Re: The dramatisation that enraged Evgenia? posted by Adam Quinan on July 09, 2003 at 01:00:29:
It's not so much that PFD's are cheaper - lifejackets are often so bulky that they can be positively dangerous as well as uncomfortable when you are trying to sail.
Personally I am so heretical that I consider that the same applies to a considerable degree to PFDs and don't wear one under normal sailing conditions.
However this does NOT apply to non swimmers. My flesh crawls at the last line of WD - a four year old alone on the foredeck with no protection whatsoever.