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Breathing
without spray
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modern life jacket can do many things, but unfortunately there are
also many things which it cannot do. Thus although it is indeed
able to hold a shipwrecked yachtsman’s head at a safe distance
above the surface of the water, it cannot, however, guarantee that
you breathe without difficulty in the spray water of churned up
wave crests. What is fatal about this is that the life-threatening
inhaling of water and/or water penetrating the respiratory system
of your already weakened body is unwittingly brought about by the
person concerned. For, in accordance with the principles of physics,
the wearer of a life- jacket will always be turned with his face
into the wind, that is, exactly towards the direction of the storm
and spray water. |
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Usage
of the spray protection cap over an inflated life jacket
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| This
fatal additional danger can only be prevented by a special Spray
Protection Cap which
is put on over the shipwrecked person’s head and life-jacket.
Such a protection cap, developed by the British Royal Navy in the
fifties, is nowadays a sensible, if not indispensable complement
for every SECUMAR life-jacket. |
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Your position in the water with the
Spray Protection Cap. |
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| When
you buy a SECUMAR life-jacket you can order a Spray
Protection Cap
with it or you can order this separately later. Please always quote
the model for the cap must fit the size of the buoyancy aid. It
is possible that even the older types of life-jackets can be equipped
with spray protection caps later (Best to have the sewing done by
SECUMAR SERVICE). |
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| You
can easily install the new
CS-Spray Protection Caps
from our 99 Programme yourself later as an additional extra. |
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