On Mon, 17 Nov 2008 12:01:14 +0000, Bruce Napier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>OTOH, an employee of Wood Hall and Heward, the towage and tug >company, told me that they are specifically forbidden to wear self >inflators - if you fall head down between two boats, or the boat and >the side, and the lifer inflates, it will hold you there while you >drown. There are also reports of trials in which dummies with lifejackets got stuck in the sluices of locks whereas the unprotected were swept through. But perhaps the hazard depends on the likelihood of your suffering a particular type of fall. bjg
