An invention?

Posted By: pehr jansson (Harpoon 5.2)
Date: 10/22/07 1:00p.m.

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In Response To: Not flipping works best (Jenny, 5.2, Austin)

This may be an idea for halfbakery.com:
Aren't there pfds that self-inflate when submersed? Could a mast have a self-inflating balloon of some sort that either inflates when submersed or triggered from the cockpit. It would have a CO2 cannister and a triggering mechanism and a pouch of very thin and light material but with the strength to inflate to a large volume and not get punctured too terribly easy (as in brushed against the bottom). Perhaps it could be attached to the side of the mast to not interfere too much with sail and halyards. The balloon could be so large that not only would it prevent turtling but actually right a turtled boat if that were to happen before inflated.

Messages In This Thread

Capsize Trouble!!! -- dwait -- 10/21/07 8:04p.m.

Not flipping works best -- Jenny, 5.2, Austin -- 10/22/07 7:37a.m.

An invention? -- pehr jansson (Harpoon 5.2) -- 10/22/07 1:00p.m.

Someone more or less beat me to it: -- pehr jansson (Harpoon 5.2) -- 10/22/07 1:27p.m.

Capsize video! -- Jay Levy - Indianapolis, IN 5.2 #35 -- 10/22/07 10:44a.m.

How not to turtle -- Ron Keeler -- 12/8/07 2:31p.m.

One person capsize recovery -- Les Denham -- 12/20/07 2:58p.m.

righting line -- Charley-487 -- 12/20/07 4:37p.m.

regatta -- WAYNE, '79 5.2, OCALA, FL -- 12/20/07 7:32p.m.

I use a longer line than that -- Jenny, Harpoon 5.2 -- 12/21/07 5:11a.m.

regatta -- Charley-487 -- 12/21/07 7:01p.m.

regatta -- WAYNE, '79 5.2, OCALA, FL -- 12/22/07 5:13p.m.

Sail Flotation -- Jeff -- 12/8/07 7:57a.m.

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