Old4New Life Jackets
Submitted by Jackfrost80 on Thu, 2016-04-07 08:23
Just letting everyone know that Marine Safety and RLSWA are taking foams and damaged inflatable life jackets and providing new inflatable ones for $50. My boat came with 6 cheap jackets so gonna convert 4 of them into new ones so I can always carry a full set on the boat
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slugger
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good pick up
heres the link
https://www.lifesavingwa.com.au/news/community/old4new-lifejackets-to-save-lives
sandbar
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Awesome
Cheers for the heads up
shortfuse
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I was going to do the same
I was going to do the same but I thought that they had to be old or damaged as part of the terms and conditions. So I thought from what I had read that the cheap crappy new ones that came with our boat were excluded. If some one knows for sure I would like to know
Jackfrost80
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Heading down now so will
Heading down now so will report back. I'll take some scissors just in case
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Jackfrost80
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Don't fucken waste your
Don't bother. None left after starting doing it at 10:30
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kknlk
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Not much of a saving as you
Not much of a saving as you can get a new manual inflatable for about $70+. You can only exchange and max of 4 per person. Hidden cost with inflatables is you need to check the CO2 cart every now and then as otherwise when you truly need it and it doesn't work you've just put your life in danger. In this sense the foam ones are better even though they're bulkier as no maintenance. With CO2 carts around $30 a pop it's not cheap maintenance. I know some saving better than none but all of you who need to have pfds have a boat and a lot already invested so the saving of $20 per jacket isn't much in comparison. However, it will save lives so there you go. I kinda like the neoprene ones but they're not in the 100/150 class.
Jackfrost80
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You sound like my mum and the
You sound like my mum and the guys from work i.e. I shouldn't be worried about how much money I spent because I have a boat. Must be a generational/jealousy thing. Anyhow $40 is $40 and I'd rather get two discounted jackets and spend $40 on pints plus inflatable jackets is the difference between deckies wearing a jacket and them staying in the cabin.
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shortfuse
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Figured that would be the
Figured that would be the next issue pretty average to advertise the offer and not even come close to supply
Jackfrost80
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I actually been in touch with
I actually been in touch with them and they simply did not anticipate the demand and were literally quite staggered by the popularity of the program. Safe to say they'll be better armed next time around
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shortfuse
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Interesting they did not
Interesting they did not anticipate the strong interest even though the same program was run interstate with a huge response from the public.
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