Feeling lucky?

Something from the x-files, sad news about Mountain Gazette, and it might be late but the future is just around the corner...

Over at Commuter Cruising they're not exactly happy with their Mustang PFDs and you should really hop over and see what they have to say... I'll wait while you do!

Dum de dum de dum de dum de...

So you've read it? Does that suck or what!?

As you might recall, we had a similar episode with our last inflatable PFDs which has us back using non-inflatable foam flotation PFDs aboard "So It Goes". My over all experience with products that are glued together are such that I find it very difficult to put any real trust in them whether it be my Tevas, PFDs, or liferaft.

The thing is, I can walk barefoot but I can only tread water for so long...

Not too long ago when we had some serious seam failures in our inflatable (Clear Blue Hawaii) kayak, we talked to someone from the company who had the audacity to brag to us that their 2% failure rate was better than the industry standard... It has to make you wonder when someone is proud that 2% of their very expensive products fall apart.

Where life saving/dependent gear is concerned, a less than 100% chance of stuff working like it should is a pretty scary place to be...

Listening to Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

So it goes...