Testing Your Lifejacket - Seago SEAGUARD 165 Manual Del Propietário

Drowning is the leading cause of fatalities involving recreational boating. A lifejacket provides
flotation to help keep your head above water, help you to stay face up in the water, and
increases your chances for survival and rescue. The correct size lifejacket will properly support
the weight of the wearer. Since this inflatable lifejacket does not have inherent buoyancy, it
provides flotation only when inflated. Familiarize yourself with the use of this lifejacket so you
know what to do in an emergency.
Inflate your lifejacket and try it out in the water.
Make sure it floats you:
• Comfortably (when worn properly)
• Adequately for expected wave conditions
• Body shapes/densities affect performance
Make sure it works:
• Activating the CO2 inflation system
• Re-arming the CO2 inflation system
• Using the oral inflator tube
To check the manual inflation system (with CO2 cylinder/bayonet assembly removed); determine
that the CO2 cylinder piercing pin moves freely when pushing up on the lever arm by pushing
down on the pins and releasing the pins followed by the lever arm. Repeat this several times to
check the manual inflation system.
We recommend that you purchase two automatic re-arming kits. One kit is to be used
immediately in testing the automatic inflation system refer to 'HOW TO TEST YOUR LIFEJACKET
USING THE AUTOMATIC INFLATOR 'and the other to carry on board as a spare.
We recommend you test the automatic inflation system in the water at the beginning of each
boating season. By doing this, you demonstrate that the automatic inflation system is still
working correctly.

TESTING YOUR LIFEJACKET

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