Please wear your life vests!

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Originally Posted by fatlazyless

Parafunalia in Gilford used to sell the swimmers belts, s-m-l-xl, in one buckle & two buckle models, in bright almost flourescent yellow for about twenty five dollars. Parafunalia no longer had any in stock a couple days ago but I was informed they have a shipment of swimmer's belts on order, and it is due to arrive soon.

The swimmers belts is perfect for paddling a kayak, as opposed to wearing a pfd which can get too warm to wear for the summer, plus the swimmer's belt is perfect for swimming, while the pfd is designed more to keep an unconscious person's head above the water, and not really designed for swimming.

Don't like that bright yellow color of the swimmer's belt? Krylon Fusion spray paint in flat gray, or flat camoflage khaki, or any number of other colors will stick very good permanently to the flexible vinyl and turn a bright yellow into a color that is low key. Maybe, match your kayak and swimmer's belt into a fashion statement by matching their colors when you spray paint the swimmer's belt with Krylon Fusion. Other spray paints simply do not stick to flexible vinyl as well as Krylon Fusion! About $4.50/spray can.

The two buckle swimmer's belt has more flotation than the one buckle models, and either one can be removed and reconnected while in the water that is over than one's height with much greater ease than a pfd.

Let me repeat an item from another thread - swimmers' belts do not satisfy the NH PFD laws. They are not USCG approved. They are fine as a supplementary device as described, but cannot be used alone. You still must have the appropriate USCG approved PFD aboard.