The Floatation MARS Armor Model Coast Guard vest provides front, back and sides ballistic protection. The enhanced floatation capability ensures keeping seriously wounded body on water surface. Possibility to increase the protection through add-on hard armor inserts. Coast Guard and Navy application. Standard Features Plastic buckles closures allowing regulation and ensuring a reliable grip Full torso coverage Easy-care, sea water-resistance outershell Water-repellent outershell fabric Removable ballistic panels Pockets for additional hard armor inserts Minimum buoyancy – 100 N Waterproof ballistic […]
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Ultra lightweight and low profile – a junior inflatable lifejacket for children in the age range 8 to 15 years old weighing 20-50 Kgs. An innovation in junior safety, the CENTO is vibrant and exciting, for too many years, junior sailors have been forced to wear bulky, uncomfortable and unattractive lifejackets when out on the water. Junior 150N Category Lifejacket Harness (100N Actual) 20-50 kg weight Recommended for juniors approximately 8 to 15 years old Compact and lightweight with […]
Available at 180 N, 275 N Symetric and 275 asymetric Designed for tough marine and offshore work applications, combining superior in-water performance, durability and a comfortable, ergonomic design. A low-profile compact cover – in a choice of Cordura® or wipeclean fabrics for a durable, yet comfortable, exterior of the jacket. The uniquely designed buoyancy chamber with integrated cleat-attachment system ensures best in-water performance and efficient recovery. Convenient re-packing solutions are available. Choice of Cordura® or wipe clean covers Options of […]
Hypothermia. Say it out loud and it’s an unpleasant sounding word. But it has a simple meaning. It’s when the core of your body drops to abnormally low body temperatures and if it goes too low and for too long eventually your heart can stop. Many Canadian boaters are aware of hypothermia but most are not aware that it is the ‘final stage’ your body reaches after being in cold water. Many people die during the first few minutes of […]
Meet the unpredictability of the waves with the preparedness of an I140 Ocean Mate™ 1 Infant Vest. The jacket features heavy-duty hardware to stand wear and tear on the water, plus SOLAS-grade reflective tape for better visibility in the waves. It stays put with an internal harness and crotch strap. Inside the nylon ripstop shell is durable Crosstech® Flotation Foam, giving you a life jacket that can last through years of use. Meets 2010 SOLAS requirements Heavy-duty hardware with an […]
The Rope Access Lifejacket has been designed in conjunction with leading offshore operators for use when operating at height in an offshore environment.We used lifejackets designed for the oil and gas industry as a base and built in unique key features to make it an easy and efficient choice for the offshore industry. These features include a split outer cover of a medium-weight wipe clean material. This design provides great flexibility around the neck to ensure the lifejacket doesn’t push […]
Marine inflatable lifejackets manufacturer, International Safety Products (ISP), is launching a series of new products fitted with self-alerting systems to aid rescue missions. Bootle-based ISP has partnered with engineering and maritime communications specialist, Ocean Signal, to integrate the rescueME MOB1 device into three models of lifejackets. The rescueME MOB1 is the world’s smallest automatic identification system and activates when a lifejacket is inflated. communicating with vessels within a five-mile radius and also linking to a rescue satellite network, helping to […]
Un gilet de sauvetage a pour fonction de protéger efficacement une personne tombée à l’eau contre le risque de noyade en maintenant de façon permanente les voies respiratoires hors de l’eau. Cette fonction doit être assurée dans toutes les situations et en particulier dans le cas d’une personne inconscient ou privé de ses moyens physiques par suite d’un traumatisme accidentel. Pour être efficace le gilet de sauvetage doit remplir trois conditions suivantes: Etre capable de retourner et maintenir l’accidenté sur […]
Comfortable with excellent mobility. • Soft buoyancy with self extinguishing PVC with closed cells 50 N • An inflatable lung which automatically inflates in contact with water and gives extra buoyancy 150 N in situations when wearing tool belt etc. • Anti flame outer fabric. • High visibility due to orange fabric. • Aperture in the back for fitting of safety hook. • 3 adjustable belts with buckle and D-ring in stainless steel. • Suitable collar which protects the neck. […]
http://www.boatingbusiness.com/21 Feb 2011 Lifejacket and safety aid manufacturers have been paddling hard to stay on top of a wave of change. However, Stevie Knight finds that some developments have arrived with hefty design implications… While the recent changes in EU regulation have made their mark, requiring much more stringent testing of the both the product and the materials, Crewsaver’s Guy Page says lifejacket development has been pushed as much by a change in perception. ‘These devices used to be sold […]
International Safety Products (ISP) has designed a new bespoke lifejacket in response to an international safety campaign on the importance of kill cords. The lifejacket attaches to the kill cord, which clips to the boat operator and cuts the engine in a man overboard situation. ISP sales director, Geoff Billington, said that by launching the new lifejacket the firm is supporting the RYA and the MAIB initiatives to help raise awareness to the correct use of kill cords. “As a […]
BY MAREX The UK’s largest independent safety supplier, Ocean Safety, has designed its first commercial twin chamber lifejacket. This high quality jacket is compact and easy to wear, yet fully functional for demanding maritime conditions. The new K2 275N range offers a twin chamber lifejacket that is approved to SOLAS MED Ship’s Wheel and is manufactured under the accredited Lloyds Register ISO 9001 quality system. The K2 is designed to be extremely compact and unobtrusive, so it is wearable by […]
The life jacket is created with insights from real users and their experiences, to increase the usability of the dinghy sailors life jacket. Trough the process we came to develop the dinghy sailors trapeze harness as well. Usually, the dinghy sailors wears both a life jacket and a trapeze harness. Combining those two, we have increased the users ability to move by removing superfluous material, and given him/her one less garment to wear. The solution also shortens the time used to dress up before training or competition, […]
TeamO une solution au problème du MOB traîné par le bateau par son harnais . Every traditional lifejacket harness currently on the market attaches a sailor to the boat from a point on their chest wh ere the lifejacket and life line clip together. When a victim goes overboard clipped on to the boat they are dragged face-forward through the water. The momentum of the boat forces their head down and their mouth in to the water. The life expectancy of a sailor in […]
Chris Edmonston is the president of the Foundation. This nonprofit 501(c) (3) organization is devoted to implementing projects that keep boaters safer, and our environment protected, and is independently funded by donations from BoatUS Members and by grants. www.BoatUS.com/Foundation Life jacket use, or more accurately, non-use, is arguably the number-one safety topic for federal and state boating agencies. The U.S. Coast Guard’s National Boating Safety Advisory Council is pushing toward requirements for adults to wear life jackets while on certain size […]
RCMP remind people of importance of water safety after Oromocto water rescue A water rescue in Oromocto has New Brunswick RCMP reminding people about the importance of water safety and wearing a life jacket. Police received the call for help Friday night of a man who had capsized his boat and was yelling for help from the water behind Oromocto’s Hazen Park. Oromocto RCMP and members of the Oromocto Fire Department and paramedics were able to pull the man […]
RCMP remind people of importance of water safety after Oromocto water rescue A water rescue in Oromocto has New Brunswick RCMP reminding people about the importance of water safety and wearing a life jacket. Police received the call for help Friday night of a man who had capsized his boat and was yelling for help from the water behind Oromocto’s Hazen Park. Oromocto RCMP and members of the Oromocto Fire Department and paramedics were able to pull the man from […]
The award winning Shark LAP Lifejacket Air Pocket Plus combination reduces the number of items to don. The Shark LAP jacket is CAA Spec 5 approved. It proved its performance in exacting independent test and trials and has been in service since 2002. It has become an industry standard product and is in use worldwide. Shark 96202 LAP features include: Excellent performance on compatibility and self-righting Nominal capacity of 275 Newtons Manually operated lifejacket meeting CAA Spec. 5 Fitted with becket, whistle, buddy line […]
By DAMON CRONSHAW, Lake Macquarie Reporter TINGIRA Heights resident David Ashard has invented an electronic lifejacket that he says will save lives. The lifejacket inflates automatically when a person sinks. His plan has the support of Toronto’s Cathy Simon, whose daughter Courtney drowned in Lake Macquarie in a boating incident two years ago. Mr Ashard designed the lifejacket after watching a television report about a young couple who lost their child in a pool accident. ‘‘I decided that day, about three […]
DDB Group New Zealand has created a new app for life jacket maker Hutchwilco in a bid to get fishermen to improve their safety by leaving details of which spots they like to go to. Many fishermen like to keep their best spots secret to avoid them becoming crowded, but the new spots highlight how dangerous this can be, making it almost impossible to locate them if they have an accident. The app allows them to log their favourite spots, […]
