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    Posted: 21 Aug 17 at 3:34pm
Hi All
Looking for a new buoyancy aid after Saturday, capsized about 100m from the finish. Every time I tried to climb back in the foam in the buoyancy aid shoulder straps hooked under the gunnel of the Phantom stopping me.
Normally I wear my BA under the spray top but the zip on the pocket of the BA has jammed and has been puncturing the top.
Saturday afternoon did blow up and we were due to finish and it was 28knots with gusts about 30 so if I wasn't holding the boat down it flipped over again. As I tired to pull myself in the boat came with me I think because of the BA.
So does anybody make a buoyancy aid that does not have this issue?
Hoping for some sensible advice.
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I have a Dakine impact vest to reduce the amount of bulk.  

 If I were replacing it for a 'proper' buoyancy aid, then I would probably look at the Sandline ones, as again, they look like the lowest bulk you can get away for all the snagging and boom height issues we can suffer.
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I was thinking of checking one of these out. Not tried it yet but looks pretty slimline to me.
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https://www.wetsuitoutlet.co.uk/2017-oneill-reactor-buckle-impact-vest-black-lunar-dayglo-3984eu-p-21286.html

Has anyone tried one of these
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Originally posted by IanW

https://www.wetsuitoutlet.co.uk/2017-oneill-reactor-buckle-impact-vest-black-lunar-dayglo-3984eu-p-21286.html

Has anyone tried one of these

the buckles are the give-away- looks more like a jetski / wake board jacket rather than a wind powered impact vest.  I'd steer clear of that.... unless they offer free returns.
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This is even more streamline but as it says its for high agility sailors I think I'll give it a miss
https://www.spinlock.co.uk/en/categories/wing-and-foil-pfds/product_groups/pfds 
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Originally posted by Steve411

I was thinking of checking one of these out. Not tried it yet but looks pretty slimline to me.

Is it burgee-resistant?
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Originally posted by MikeBz


Originally posted by Steve411

I was thinking of checking one of these out. Not tried it yet but looks pretty slimline to me.

Is it burgee-resistant?


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That Spinlock Aero looks everything people say they want if you're talking a slim fitting non snag piece of gear. Yes it's expensive but you do effectively get a rash vest included. Mind you the Wing looks quite good as well.
I do like what appear to be pretty hefty straps on each side of both designs; I've binned a couple of PFDs because of ineffective or prematurely failed chest adjustment, trying to work in the water with a PFD floating under your chin is no fun. One reason I wear trapeze harness over PFD and I guess some use a rash vest over.
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Originally posted by KazRob

... but as it says its for high agility sailors I think I'll give it a miss

Seems to me the less agile you are as a sailor the more you need a buoyancy aid that won't restrict you in any way. So some super agile young future Olympian could have a BA far more restrictive than that needed by those of us whose torso no longer moves or bends as well as it used to. Somehow I don't think that's what they mean though!
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