Immersion suits

[TheTinMan]

The thing with immersion/survival suits is, you need to know that you ARE going in the drink. They take about 45 seconds to don if you've practiced. Mobility is greaty reduced when wearing and are not intended to "hang out" in while driving the boat, etc...You'll sweat your nads off too.

It's a great piece of safety/surrival gear, but not really intended for smaller boats (like ours). If you get a leak and know you are going down then yes, it will definately be good to have on board.

Since you got such a good deal on it, I'd keep it in the cuddy, hopefuly you'll never need it! ;)

IMO, the best piece of safety gear for our/any boat is an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon). No, I don't have one yet but would like to.

It sends a signal via satellite to a Rescue Command Center...within minutes the RCC will know exactly where you (actually the EPIRB) are. It can be activated manually or automaticaly. If you know you are going overboard, don your PFD and grab the EPIRB....help will be there shortly! :D