What life jacket to buy

The life jacket is part of the mandatory safety material of our boat and is essential in any situation of risk on the high seas. It offers enough buoyancy to hold us up on the sea, preventing water from entering our respiratory system. The life jacket must adapt to our different needs, and for that we will choose between the different models.

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To begin we will choose our life jacket depending on your Newtons of buoyancy . A 50 Newtons vest is advisable for coastal, cabotage or beach sailing activities. Kayak sailing, dinghy sailing, jet skis, dinghy sailing or any other water sport. They do not guarantee straightening and can become problematic in situations where we become unconscious. The vests of 100 and 150 Newtons are advisable for the navigation in sailboats and motor, either coastal or of height and offer a straightening in five or ten seconds. Those of 275 Newtons are suitable for navigation in height and professional use, sailboats, motor and merchant. Its straightening is guaranteed in about five seconds.

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It is essential to equip ourselves with a vest suitable for our size and weight . Our life jacket must always be adjusted to the body. According to its category of 50, 100, or 150 Newtons there will be variations in buoyancy depending on our weight. So the maximum in Newtons is determined by the category and the minimum depends on our weight, for example, in the category 100 Newtons, for those who do not exceed 30Kg will be enough 40 Newtons, those weighing between 30 and 50Kg will be indicated 60 Newtons, those between 50 and 70Kg are equated with vests of 80 Newtons and for 70Kg or more 100 Newtons. We must look at the label of the vest where the characteristics explained will be specified.

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In particular for children, we will choose your life jacket depending on your weight and not your age. The children enter directly into the category 100 Newtons, either for high altitude or coastal navigation, and they demand the need to equip their vest with the location and hoisting system and the safety of straightening.

• We advise whenever possible to try on the vest before buying it to make sure of our indicated size