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Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 09-11-2022, 09:47
Replies: 53
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Posted By wholybee
Re: Silly idea - mylar balloons as safety gear?

I happen to have that exact mob dan buoy on my stern rail. It's heavy. The drogue is small, and doesn't contribute much to the weight. It is far too heavy to have strapped to your person all the...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 31-10-2022, 18:17
Replies: 53
Views: 4,434
Posted By wholybee
Re: Silly idea - mylar balloons as safety gear?

A 10 ft balloon is 500 cubic feet. That works out to about 50lbs(22kg) of liquid CO2.
A 5 ft balloon, probably the smallest to be effective for this use, is 65 cubic feet. That works out to...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 31-10-2022, 14:53
Replies: 53
Views: 4,434
Posted By wholybee
Re: Silly idea - mylar balloons as safety gear?

Dan Bouys, smoke, plb? Equipment has to be used to work. Someone in the water alone and with just a life preserver wasn't using what is currently available.

What is this 10 ft diameter ball going...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 31-10-2022, 14:43
Replies: 53
Views: 4,434
Posted By wholybee
Re: Silly idea - mylar balloons as safety gear?

I would before I carry a deflated large-enough-to-be-seen and durable-enough-to-survive balloon, which would be several times the size of that canister and much heavier. Basically, what is being...
Forum: Health, Safety & Related Gear 30-10-2022, 06:23
Replies: 53
Views: 4,434
Posted By wholybee
Re: Silly idea - mylar balloons as safety gear?

A smoke grenade as kept in any offshore flare kit creates a giant red arrow pointing at you, seen for many miles. A large balloon would not be better than this.
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