[C320-list] for owners of older Sospenders

[Jeffrey Hare]

Any idea what specific model you have?

We have a pair of them we bought summer of 2001.

-Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: sailorlew at aol.com [mailto:sailorlew at aol.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 5:02 PM
To: brucestanley at optusnet.com.au; c320-list at catalina320.com
Subject: [C320-list] for owners of older Sospenders

 
  In 2000 I purchased a manual/automatic Sospenders pfd. Over the years it
sat in its original packaging because I never felt that conditions
necessitated wearing it. After the boat was hauled in the fall I put it in
the trunk of my car & forgot about until last week when I opened the trunk &
found it inflated(some snow had gotten on it when I had opened the trunk
previously). I figured that at least I knew that it worked, & I would get a
re arm kit. Today I called the manufacturer to find out what the correct
rearm kit would be & was told that since this model was manufactured before
the inflatable pfd's became CG approved they no longer had kits available
for them. They reccomended that I "retire this unit & purchase a new one
that is CG approved". To purchase a similar unit that includes a harness is
about $200 dollars as opposed to about $20 for a rearm kit. This seems a
ploy to make customers buy new units since even if it's not CG approved, if
you have enough regular pfd's aboard you are still legal, & even a CG
approved unit is not legal unless its being worn.
Lew
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