[C320-list] for owners of older Sospenders

[Adam Weiner]

We have worn them for years (have only used one once) and highly
recommend them.  Just because an older model is out of date is not need
to give them up.  Let's face it, if you have problems with older models
going out of date you shouldn't have bought your C320 since they are
making a new model you can't buy the older model.  What the complaint is
was just for one brand--there are others out there.

Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Robert Seastream
Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 4:03 PM
To: C320-List
Subject: Re: [C320-list] for owners of older Sospenders


Hmm...

My wife & I have been considering the purchase of two auto-inflate  
PFD's with safety ring & harness, however, the trouble Lew experienced  
gives us pause.

I think Lew should contact the manufacturer again and propose that  
he'll go along with their replacement suggestion if they'll give a  
proven customer a break on the replacement cost.  If they agree and I  
were Lew, it would certainly make me speak positively of Sospenders in  
the future.  Nothing ventured, nothing gained.  I'll be listening.

Bob Seastream
Intuition, hull # 906


On Mar 15, 2007, at 5:27 PM, Quentin Murphy wrote:

> Lew,
>
> I had a similar experience last season and was told by Mustang the
> six-year
> old model was just discontinued.  It was Canadian Coast Guard approved

> when
> I purchased it.  I seem to remember the automatic inflation feature
was
> Coast Guard approved around six to seven years ago in Canada.   
> Eventually I
> found a boat store which had the recharge kit, after looking in about

> ten
> boat shops in Toronto. Most people say the recharge cartridge should
be
> replaced every year or two or they could become unreliable.
>
> Quentin Murphy
> Celtic Knot #667
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com 
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at catalina320.com]On Behalf Of
> sailorlew at aol.com
> Sent: 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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