How To Use Life Jackets On Yacht

The life jacket is one of the necessary life-saving equipment for ships. Its function is to make the face of the person who falls into the water to be rescued and also keep warm to prevent the loss of body heat.

Types of life jackets

There are 3 types of life jackets: plastic, kapok, and inflatable

①Plastic life jacket

The sealed foam plastic is used as buoyancy material, and the thin canvas is the outer clothing. It is simple to make, easy to wear, and durable. It is the most commonly used life jacket. When wearing it, put it around your neck, tighten the belt, and tighten the neckband.

②Kapok life jacket

There are about 1Kg of pure kapok as buoyancy material. The kapok is wrapped into many small bags with waterproof materials, distributed in various parts of life jackets, and thin canvas is used as an outer coating material. Kapok life jackets have good warmth retention and are often used by ships that often sail in cold areas. This life jacket should be noted that if the waterproof material is damaged and kapok is soaked in seawater directly, the floating time will be greatly affected.

③Inflatable life jacket

Relying on inflation for buoyancy, double-layer rubber cloth is used as the air chamber interlayer, the entire life jacket has two independent air chambers, and the failure of one air chamber can also meet the buoyancy requirements. There are pneumatic tires in the air chamber, and there are inflatable tubes on both sides of the chest to blow with the mouth; some use mechanical blows. Inflatable life jackets are small in size and are easy to engage in various operations after wearing, and are only allowed to be used by crew members.

Wearing a life jacket

The life jacket on the boat can be worn on both sides. The person wearing the life jacket can turn the body to a safe floating position so that the body is tilted back, the face is exposed to the water, and the mouth is at least 12 cm away from the water. Passengers on the yacht must wear life jackets correctly to ensure safety.

The specific way to wear a life jacket is: Before wearing a plastic (common) life jacket, you should first check the buoyancy bag, collar belt, waist belt, etc. They must not be damaged. Put the life jacket under the headcover, but the big side of the buoyancy bag in front of the body, wrap the waist belt from the left and right ends to the back, and around the front, tighten the front of the chest and tighten the knot. Tie) fasten.