Velcro lap belts sold by Tiger Marine

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

08-23-2007, 11:11 AM

#71

LostinBoston

Registered

Join Date: Mar 2004

Location: NY

Posts: 1,554

Likes: 0

Received 1 Like on 1 Post

Quote:

Originally Posted by 100-Plus

Canopy discussion aside ...

When it comes to Tiger's velcro lap belts, you have to consider probability: Is there a greater chance of getting bounced out of a boat in, for example, rough water or a hard turn than there is of that boat rolling over in rough water or a hard turn?

No doubt, you are toast if you're in an non-canopied boat that rolls and you're velcroed or otherwise belted in place. But what is more common, passengers getting spit out of open-cockpit boats, or open-cockpit boats rolling?

If rolling is less common, than you're ignorning the odds in fear of a rarer, but decidedly deadlier occurence if you pass on the belts. But if rolling is more common (and we have to keep this discussion to open-cockpit boats), you'd be out of your mind to wear anything resembling a seat belt.

Wear lifelines and they can survive being tossed. If someone hooks and the passangers stay in the boat becasue of lap belts, they will have other problems, the least of which being whiplash. Im assuming they will not being wearing helmets si they will most liklly bangtheir head into anything nearby (side of the boat, other passangers) if they are nto in a full bucket seat. There is more force appled whcen someone hooks, then when they roll. so if they stay in the boak during a hook, they will also definetlystay in during a roll. Either way, the lap belts dont save a life in either situation, but can kill someone in a roll. Rolls may be more rare, but the negativesw of death far outway the benfits of stayign dry. Full bucket seats will be much better then lap belts.

08-23-2007, 12:12 PM

#72

CCstinger260

Registered

Join Date: Jan 2007

Location: SW Ohio

Posts: 272

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Boston, I think you killed what was certainly going to be a hi-jacking by getting back on topic.

Dangit!

08-23-2007, 04:51 PM

#73

T2x

Allergic to Nonsense

Platinum Member

Join Date: Aug 2001

Location: Granite Quarry, NC

Posts: 5,011

Likes: 0

Received 17 Likes on 17 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by LostinBoston

Rolls may be more rare, but the negativesw of death far outway the benfits of stayign dry.

I think this is probably the best line in this thread so far........ spelling errors excluded.

T2x

08-23-2007, 05:09 PM

#74

100-Plus

Registered

Join Date: Jul 2006

Posts: 227

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

That seems very reasonable. I had not considered the issues of being "belted into" the boat, without any kind of protective head or neck gear, when it hooks hard enough to throw you out. Being thrown clear while wearing a Lifeline sounds like a better option to me, too.

So I learned something.

08-23-2007, 09:56 PM

#75

onesickpantera

Registered

Join Date: Feb 2005

Location: Michigan

Posts: 4,398

Likes: 43

Received 23 Likes on 12 Posts

Good points. I wasn't even thinking of a hook situation, just trying to keep your butt planted since I have a smaller boat. I emailed a pic to my boating contact and he's going to look into building me a 3 man bolster style back seat with grab handles.

08-24-2007, 07:38 AM

#76

BOBCATMATHEWS

Registered

Join Date: Nov 2006

Location: key west,fl

Posts: 1,410

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

anyone ever think of building a seat like the recaro racing, push a button to inflate/deflate around you thighs,could handle a "wide " variety of "buns".could make it cheaper with a manual pump(reeboks)