Floatation suits

[Poly]

Originally Posted by Mollers

A drysuit would be good with winter seas breaking over one's bonce, I'd imagine.

Or a cabin!

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Poly

Or a cabin!

How about a roof, sofa and woodburner?

[willk]

Originally Posted by Poly

Or a cabin!

Originally Posted by Mollers

How about a roof, sofa and woodburner?

Jeeze, you pair - get a Log Cabin already!

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by willk

Jeeze, you pair - get a Log Cabin already!

Now you're talkin'! How's yer skiing Polls babe?

[Poly]

Originally Posted by willk

Jeeze, you pair - get a Log Cabin already!

I assumed he was working up to something like this:



I'm sure your friends could fit that in a rib:

Originally Posted by Mollers

Now you're talkin'! How's yer skiing Polls babe?

Functional rather than stylish... like my mountain biking which is probably more useful with the current forecast!

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Poly

like my mountain biking which is probably more useful with the current forecast!

Shussh! We're off in a week, which is a shame, 'coz I'd much rather be spending my money getting cold and piss wet through being smashed about in a rib at this time of year.

[BogMonster]

I have a Fladen and a Mullion, both good one piece suits, both slightly restrictive for movement but toasty warm even nearly all the way to Antarctica - I usually just wear a T shirt under mine even in mid winter. If the air temp gets over about 15 C you cook inside it. I'd say the Fladen was slightly warmer.

I do not go in the water and have no intention of, otherwise a dry suit would be essential, if I can't launch and recover the boat in wellies I'm doing it wrong, and in this part of the world unless you're going diving or going in for the mid winter swim you don't generally pop in for a dip as your face will fall off - water is about 4 C. If you are out in the sort of conditions where wind driven spray from wave is coming over the side and hitting you in the face, there is a bit of water ingress around the face/neck area, but only a trickle, and generally if it's like that I wouldn't go out anyway. I think like most garments they will lose waterproofing if washed.

Easy purchase decision for me, think the Fladen cost about £80 vs at least 5 times as much for a drysuit, the Mullion was from a local supplier so a little more but still only just over £100. Although a bit of wriggling and swearing is involved to fit all the pies in the suit, it's nothing like as much as putting on the sort of survival drysuit the oil industry require you to wear to get into a helicopter, if that's anything like putting on a normal drysuit. I'd still like a drysuit, but a flotation suit is good value for a lot of general purpose use. I suppose it depends on how much you like to push your luck; I tend not to, as there's no lifeboat service in this neck of the woods and with the prevailing wind the next stop is either South Africa or the west coast of Chile so as far as ejection from the boat is concerned, prevention is better than cure!

[Maximus]

Originally Posted by Poly

Or a cabin!

.....OR...Some BALLS!

[Mollers]

Originally Posted by Maximus

.....OR...Some BALLS!

[Pikey Dave]

Originally Posted by Maximus

.....OR...Some BALLS!

Oooof! Get in there Matt

[Disschord]

Thanks for all your help I ended up buying a million North Sea floatation suit £72

Once I have used it a few times I will come back with some feedback if anyone is interested

[Disschord]

* mullion North Sea

Spell check grrrrr

[Johan_Silverbeard]

Any news about the mullion North Sea floatation suit ? Also, has there been much advancement in the floatation suits over the last 10 years or so ?

[Pikey Dave]

Fladen or Mullion are the most popular brands, with Fladen being the budget end & Mullion being more to the premium end. Can I ask what your rationale for buying a flotation suit is? I’ve had one & didn’t get on with it tbh. I think that they are a good idea on paper, but not so much in reality.
Just my 2 penneth.

[smallribber]

Originally Posted by Johan_Silverbeard

Any news about the mullion North Sea floatation suit ? Also, has there been much advancement in the floatation suits over the last 10 years or so ?

Me and her indoors have both Fladen floatation suits with the separate jacket and trousers and Dry suits. We tend to use the Fladen jackets a lot but not the trousers. The dry suits are new to us but already like them

[Johan_Silverbeard]

Here in Iceland I can get the Regatta Coastline 953 Suit for a decent price. https://regattanorthwest.com/product...tline-953-suit
There are also other options from Regatta like the Sportline 954 Suit and Active 911 Flotation Suit.
The idea is to have a warm protection on an open boat from spraying and hopefully stay out of the sea as much as possible. The ambient temperature here rarely goes over 15 degrees Celsius.
We do have nice options for dry suits from Typhoon but then the price triples.

[Steve509926]

Hi Johan, saw this and thought it may be of interest.

https://www.graniteworkwear.com/p_22...caAmTlEALw_wcB

[Johan_Silverbeard]

Thanks for the info Steve - It seems like the price is similar here in Iceland for that suit when I have calculated the shipping cost and import taxes.

Originally Posted by Steve509926

Hi Johan, saw this and thought it may be of interest.

https://www.graniteworkwear.com/p_22...caAmTlEALw_wcB

[willk]

Originally Posted by Johan_Silverbeard

The idea is to have a warm protection on an open boat from spraying and hopefully stay out of the sea as much as possible.

That's us ribbing off Reykjavík back in 2008 - plenty of flotation suits in evidence, but it was a nice June day. Personally I think the one piece are geared to working around docks and maybe shore fishing. They are practical and keep you warm and dryish. The catch is if you fall in the water, you need to have a plan for getting out quickly.