Really thankfull for this kind of content!

@SailingTipsCa

9 ай бұрын

Excellent - glad you like it!!!

@mnight207

5 ай бұрын

Same. So glad there are people who take time out of their life to bring this kind of content and knowledge to the common man

Very well done, thanks!

@SailingTipsCa

8 ай бұрын

Thanks - it was a fun video to make!!!

Always enjoy watching your videos. Thank you.

@SailingTipsCa

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much - glad you like them!!!

One again fun, interesting content very useful and well presented. I appreciate the editing to keep the narrative moving and to the point. Great job!

@SailingTipsCa

2 жыл бұрын

Cool - glad you liked it! I’m really not the greatest video editor, but do try to keep things moving so glad it worked!!!

Great raft, I wish that light up top was a super bright strobe light instead but cool nonetheless.

@SailingTipsCa

5 ай бұрын

That light is far brighter at night!!!

Water like glass. 👍Please never enter a liferaft if your vessel is still floating unless you have lost a fire on board battle.

@SailingTipsCa

2 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right! I mentioned at the end of the video that you should always step up into the liferaft, and stay on your boat even if it's disabled, but as you mentioned an uncontrollable fire is the only other time you should board a life raft! I've also heard that Coast Guard rescue crews will sometimes ask a disabled vessel to deploy their liferaft to facilitate hoisting crew to a helicoper, as the sailboat rigging can interfere with the rescue line, so that might be another time.

@alee3146

Жыл бұрын

You should attempt to board survival craft ‘dry foot’ if at all possible; entering the water to board is usually as a last resort, not first usually, when you are forced to. If there’s time and opportunity to prepare, don as much warm clothing as you can, grab portable VHFs, EPIRB, flares, Ditching Bag, log book, food, water and juice, first aid kit. No PCOC card needed!

Loved the video, I was curious, would the rain collector catch any spray from the water if you got caught in a storm? It doesn't seem like a good idea to be drinking from it if there was spray

@SailingTipsCa

Жыл бұрын

I think you’re absolutely right - probably want to only use the rainwater collector when there isn’t too much spray! Thankfully the life raft does contain some water rations, so you shouldn’t need to collect any rain water in the first day or two.

I know tge people who live in flirida and california were thinking it wouod been nice to have a raft stored in they houses

@SailingTipsCa

10 ай бұрын

Yikes that would be horrible to have to worry about water in your house like that!!!

@francisdrelling4060

9 ай бұрын

What? In California they are thinking about earthquakes - so perhaps being in a solid doorway or in a car on a road.

Wow 6 people won’t be in that thing for long. Some body’s going over board after the delirium starts to take hold.

@SailingTipsCa

Ай бұрын

I know - it would be horrible to be in there with six people for even a few minutes let alone several days!

It’s not ‘too much pressure’. It’s too much CO2 gas. The pressure level is fine for self inflating. The excess compressed CO2 is released through the pressure relief valve for the given tube volume. Otherwise the tubes could burst.

@SailingTipsCa

Жыл бұрын

Yes that’s a much more articulate way of saying it!

you can feel the sharks nibbling at the floor?

@SailingTipsCa

7 ай бұрын

Thankfully I've never experienced that - it would be terrifying! Yet another reason to get the extra thick inflatable floor!

@kabuti2839

7 ай бұрын

@@SailingTipsCa the idea of something biting me in two bothers me

@SailingTipsCa

7 ай бұрын

@@kabuti2839 I would be concerned if it didn’t bother you!!!

"Thank you for explaining this Life Raft. It is light weight, and it could be used in aviation for most small aircrafts. Personally? I feel every aircraft should have one of these instant inflatable raft stored underneath the seat of an exit door located at the rear of the aircraft for safe finding during an unplanned emergency. The Federal Aviation Administration must approve the portable raft for all crafts due to many operators uncertainly. We must all remember? Sharks(And other predators) in the waters, and during a crash; blood is uncontrolled and sharks gather quickly. Only an instant raft such as this can save passengers. We must take this raft seriously, whereas? Passengers only have seconds to deploy once they are engaged with the water. My aim is not to make anyone that travel afraid, but to caution one another once they are traveling due to this reality". ~Think safe operators? BUY The raft if your traveling, your passengers are depending on you.~

@SailingTipsCa

Жыл бұрын

This particular raft is a Viking RescYou 6, is ISO9650-1 / ISAF certified, and weighs about 77 lbs / 35 kg. Thanks for watching!

@Sembel-xh9vq

13 күн бұрын

The escape slides on airplanes are designed to float aswell - basically a 2 in 1 system. Though I am wondering if they would last long enough. At least I have seen aviation training videoes where they raise a canope over the inflated slides in a ditching scenario. BUT: No large plane landed on the water without breaking apart, so you wouldnt have time to detach the slides or open the doors if you sink within like 20 seconds if you dont swim up, so....

There are only 3 real tip for survival on a life raft. They’re all tiny and they all suck. 1. Make sure your up to date on maintenance 2. Make sure you bring a charged radio with as many spare batteries as possible. 3. Get a EPIRB

@SailingTipsCa

Жыл бұрын

Yes your suggestions are spot-on, and everybody who had the opportunity should take an ISAF Safety at Sea course so you can experience first-hand just how terrible it is inside a life raft and that's in a pool!