Choosing the Best Life Jacket - which is more suitable for use on sailing, power, sports boats?

"Lifejackets are rated from a minimum of 150 Newtons and will roll you over so you are face up regardless of how you land in the water and how mobile you are. Choosing the right life jacket will depend on what kind of craft you have on and what kind of sailing or boating you do.” Athena, General Manager, Deacons Chandlery.
00:00 • How does a life jacket work?
00:51 • Will you be in a sailing or power boat?
02:36 • How does a harness work?
03:47 • What kind of boating will you be doing?
04:34 • Are lifejackets comfortable to wear?
06:04 • Seago Seaguard 165N Manual Life Jacket - A basic essentials manual life jacket, for low risk activities such as river and canal cruising. Force 4 Code: 550248/550331
07:20 • Seago Active 190N Automatic Non-harness Life Jacket - A middle range entry level automatic life jacket, with a higher buoyancy ideal for inshore and coastal cruising on a power boat or sail boat. Force 4 Code: M550313
08:27 • Crewsaver 180N Pro HUDLITE Automatic Harness Life Jacket - A middle range automatic low bulk life jacket, with additional safety features making it better suited for more serious cruising under adverse weather conditions and night passages. Force 4 Code: 550417
10:09 • Spinlock Deckvest 6D 170N Life Jacket. A feature-heavy high end ergonomic automatic life jacket intended for both casual coastal cruising and more serious offshore passages especially in it's HRS and 275N variants. Force 4 Code: 550418
12:12 • Crewsaver Ergofit 190N Offshore Auto Harness Life Jacket. A more serious high-end life jacket with an emphasis on offshore safety. Well suited for long distance passages under adverse weather conditions. Force 4 Code: 550282
13:26 • Life Jackets with unique features - ie Spinlock's HRS feature
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[@thryce82]

thanks for the video it really helped

[@dchampagne1000]

What do they look like blown up

[@isabelleg9118]

Any suggestions for rowing? Somehow it is accepted that one can row without a pfd but I just can’t do that…

[@Force4Chandleryltd]

Hello, If you were looking for a PFD for rowing I think we would lean more towards Buoyancy Aid. This is assuming that you're rowing on Lakes and Rivers rather than out on open ocean. The reason we would suggest a buoyancy aid would be for a couple of reasons. Firstly the way they sit and are cut lends themselves to being active on water. Keeping your arms free and avoiding rubbing and discomfort whilst paddling or rowing. Another reason would be down to the way life jackets operate, once you're in the water and that life jacket has inflated your day of rowing is likely over as you'll have to return to shore to re-arm and re-pack it. Shop from out selection of Buoyancy Aids here - bit.ly/42YHMTP

[@Tony-de4io]

Claro y conciso, gracias por tu honestidad. Saludos cordiales desde España@@Force4Chandleryltd