Those kit containers are just junk. I took the Olin keg-shaped container
and taped over the join, it might take a bit longer to get to but it's dry.
Most of my flares live in my waterproof ditch kit along with spare GPS and
handheld VHF, so they are pretty safe.

Jim Watts
Paradigm Shift
C&C 35 Mk III
Victoria, BC


On 15 April 2014 20:29, Chuck S <[email protected]> wrote:

> Checked my Olin flaregun kit and found a half cup of water in the bottom
> and all four parachute flare shells were ruined.  They are only two years
> old so I'm upset I have to buy new ones.  The Olin container is stored low
> and not watertight and bilge water must have gotten into it when we were
> hard over for a hard beat?  Not sure.  The other expired flares and shells
> I keep in a pretzel jar, same place are dry.  The bottom of the storage bin
> is also dry, but it's been 8 months since that hard beat.  I trashed the
> Olin container and I'm enjoying eating pretzels to gain a new watertight
> container prior to launch.
>
> Chuck
> Resolute
> 1990 C&C 34R
> Atlantic City, NJ
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