Worth a look- turning pants into PFD

[Islandguy85]

Read this and figured it was worth sharing. Learned something new today.



https://www.foxnews.com/world/man-su...otation-device




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[Chessbay]

We did that in Boy Scouts at camp Barstow back in the day. You had to take a pair of blue jeans off while treading water and turn them into a PFD.

[cburns]

my uncle treaded water for 45min before he thought to do that w his tshirt, said it saved him that day. was another hour before coast guard picked him up. he was teaching a guy to sail and got tossed off a hobie cat, other guy barely made it back to SI.
told me the chopper flew over about a dozen times before they spotted him and the white tshirt

[Steelin' Ducks]

We did that in Boy Scouts at camp Barstow back in the day. You had to take a pair of blue jeans off while treading water and turn them into a PFD.

Yep

[WoodieSC]

We did that in Boy Scouts at camp Barstow back in the day. You had to take a pair of blue jeans off while treading water and turn them into a PFD.

Sure did... years ago.

[Chuck the Duck Slayer]

We did that in Boy Scouts at camp Barstow back in the day. You had to take a pair of blue jeans off while treading water and turn them into a PFD.

Did that at camp Bob Harden

[Colin4]

Camp ho nan wah here.

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[Spur hunter]

Camp Old Indian for me. Had to swim a mile too to get the badge.

[Palmetto Duck]

Lifeguard training teaches this as well. On another note, I’ve heard but haven’t taken the time to look up that inflatable PFDs have to be worn to count as a life jacket on a boat in SC. Did I hear total BS on this or what? Any experience with this with DNR?

[Chuck the Duck Slayer]

Inflatable pfd has to be worn to count as a pfd. That is correct. Can't have four of them under a seat and be able to say you have one for each of the four people on the boat, they have to be worn to count.

[welltaut]

Lifeguard training teaches this as well. On another note, I’ve heard but haven’t taken the time to look up that inflatable PFDs have to be worn to count as a life jacket on a boat in SC. Did I hear total BS on this or what? Any experience with this with DNR?

I believe you’re correct....I got a written warning about 4-5 years ago for not wearing them.

[wskinner]

Inflatable pfd has to be worn to count as a pfd. That is correct. Can't have four of them under a seat and be able to say you have one for each of the four people on the boat, they have to be worn to count.

I’ll never understand how the idgits responsible for writing laws come up with these differentiation’s.

[GobblerHntr]

I learned this and taught this in the Boy Scouts at Camp Old Indian in the 80’s. This ain’t something new. But good to see it hasn’t been a forgotten life saving skill.

[britton40]

I learned this and taught this in the Boy Scouts at Camp Old Indian in the 80’s. This ain’t something new. But good to see it hasn’t been a forgotten life saving skill.

Good times at Camp Old Indian. I did the same.

[wskinner]

Guy in New Zealand just did this to stay alive...

https://www.foxnews.com/world/man-su...otation-device

[ecu1984]

did this and swam the mile up river to get the badge

[Tater]

That’s why the Navy wore bell bottom dungarees. Bell bottoms allow you to get them off over your boots. Everyone who’s ever gone through Navy boot camp had to do it to pass pool comp.

[wskinner]

That’s why the Navy wore bell bottom dungarees.

Sure it was.

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[Bad Habit]

Camp Barstow for me too, along with the mile swim, lifeguard and Order of the Arrow. We were going through my Dad's stuff after he passed and there were 2 plaques from Camp Barstow for me- horseshoe champ and record for the fastest time ever on the obstacle course.

I really liked the no hot water showers there- not.

I have taught my sons and grandsons how to make life preservers out of their pants.

[2thDoc]

Sure it was.

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glenn and tater aint changed much