Sans Bateau
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After finding my foul weather gear a bit pongy on the inside last weekend I decided to take them home and wash them. I did this in the bath with some hand wash liquid stuff.
Then came the suprise! The weight was incredible, as I lifted the jacket by the collar to take it out of the bath! I know the weight was water so if you were in the water with them on it would be neutral, but wearing foul weather gear, wet, must increase the weight of someone by 20 - 25%. That weight is the weight one might have to lift back on deck. Either someone else or yourself up a ladder!
Then came the suprise! The weight was incredible, as I lifted the jacket by the collar to take it out of the bath! I know the weight was water so if you were in the water with them on it would be neutral, but wearing foul weather gear, wet, must increase the weight of someone by 20 - 25%. That weight is the weight one might have to lift back on deck. Either someone else or yourself up a ladder!