Life Jacket marine safety warning

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9:36 PM Sat 25 Dec 2010 GMT

'Photo courtesy of Coast Guard' .

A Marine Safety Alert has been issued warning about a number of Type I (Offshore) PFD's (Personal Flotation Devices) manufactured by Kent, which are often preferred by off-shore cruisers. They have been assembled in a way that could prevent donning the PFD in the event of an emergency. Listed in the alert are Kent Adult Model 8830 and Kent Child Model 8820. Several lots of Type I PFDs in both adult and child sizes have been found to have the chest strap threaded through the fixed 'D' ring, which the strap is intended to clip to when worn. Instead of ...

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