Very useful. Hadn't heard of Mustang Survival before. I find the writing on "Attainable Adventure Cruising" helpful. Their key focus is on detailed harness line and attachments design to make sure you don't go overboard. They are concerned that if you go overboard at 6knots you will be incapable of pulling the lanyard to release into back tow (or a Spinlock HRS or a knife). I'd love to hear more comparing the Mustang Atlas to the Spinlock 6D. Eg 170 vs 190 vs 275 & comfort? How does the neckline compare? How about inflated comfort? Hood design? Fitting MOB warning devices? Ease of checking the cartridge?)
Thanks, so yeah.. all good questions.. I belive we have got a Mustang one coming on test soon so I will let you know how we get on with it. But yeah, being dragged at 5kn is surprisingly fast when your in the water! Can’t compare to a 6d but I have the previous model 👍
@@SailHub it's also the combination of the shock from the huge rib cracking snatch (from free fall to being dragged by the water, it's a very high shock load that might well leave you incapacitated), plus the temperature shock and the likelihood of immediate sense of drowning at first gasp after all your breath was knocked out of you. One thing for these very fit young racers who have been trimming sails while green water breaks over them in ocean racing. Quite different for people in their 60s venturing out from their protected cockpit.
@SustainableSailing for sure, I was going to use an old via ferrata lanyard, they often have a dynamic rope in them for taking a fall. I’m not sure why they aren’t used to be honest. I’ve still not got round to trying it though.
@@SailHubthat's very interesting. I definitely see the sense of those when climbing a mast. But if I'm thrown towards the guardrails when dowsing the staysail then do I want to risk my harness lanyard suddenly getting longer so I end up overboard? Isn't it better to have a short lanyard that I can brace hard against knowing that it won't give way?
@SustainableSailing 😆 that’s problem the reason I didn’t do it. So obvious! Still, I think we could take something from the climbing world, maybe dynamic rope for tethering. At least then we would get somewhere around 10% stretch on a good impact but close to none on minimal loads. Food for thought, there probably not enough stretch to do anything, but the. I think of “half” ropes… Where do you stop? I guess on the boat! 😂
Does it? Which one do you mean by ‘it’? I’m not sure to be honest but presuming you mean the first one? The Atlas, we’ve just got one through on test so I will have a look. All I can say at present it’s by far the most comfortable life jacket I’ve ever worn which is really good for my personal requirements 👍
It would be cool to see if they’ll let you do something similar to the spinlock deckvest testing video with these to show case their differences and advantages between eachother
Hey! Good to hear from ya, yeah,.. we’ve had a lot on!! Some changes ahead but you know all about that! Just in making a home to live in Switzerland for a while 😜
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Ah mate! Cheers! That means a lot, thanks for sticking with us!! 🤙
Very useful. Hadn't heard of Mustang Survival before.
I find the writing on "Attainable Adventure Cruising" helpful. Their key focus is on detailed harness line and attachments design to make sure you don't go overboard. They are concerned that if you go overboard at 6knots you will be incapable of pulling the lanyard to release into back tow (or a Spinlock HRS or a knife).
I'd love to hear more comparing the Mustang Atlas to the Spinlock 6D. Eg 170 vs 190 vs 275 & comfort? How does the neckline compare? How about inflated comfort? Hood design? Fitting MOB warning devices? Ease of checking the cartridge?)
Thanks, so yeah.. all good questions..
I belive we have got a Mustang one coming on test soon so I will let you know how we get on with it. But yeah, being dragged at 5kn is surprisingly fast when your in the water!
Can’t compare to a 6d but I have the previous model 👍
@@SailHub it's also the combination of the shock from the huge rib cracking snatch (from free fall to being dragged by the water, it's a very high shock load that might well leave you incapacitated), plus the temperature shock and the likelihood of immediate sense of drowning at first gasp after all your breath was knocked out of you.
One thing for these very fit young racers who have been trimming sails while green water breaks over them in ocean racing. Quite different for people in their 60s venturing out from their protected cockpit.
@SustainableSailing for sure, I was going to use an old via ferrata lanyard, they often have a dynamic rope in them for taking a fall. I’m not sure why they aren’t used to be honest. I’ve still not got round to trying it though.
@@SailHubthat's very interesting. I definitely see the sense of those when climbing a mast.
But if I'm thrown towards the guardrails when dowsing the staysail then do I want to risk my harness lanyard suddenly getting longer so I end up overboard? Isn't it better to have a short lanyard that I can brace hard against knowing that it won't give way?
@SustainableSailing 😆 that’s problem the reason I didn’t do it. So obvious!
Still, I think we could take something from the climbing world, maybe dynamic rope for tethering. At least then we would get somewhere around 10% stretch on a good impact but close to none on minimal loads. Food for thought, there probably not enough stretch to do anything, but the. I think of “half” ropes…
Where do you stop? I guess on the boat! 😂
Does it have the rear tow feature? I see TeamO does
Does it? Which one do you mean by ‘it’?
I’m not sure to be honest but presuming you mean the first one? The Atlas, we’ve just got one through on test so I will have a look. All I can say at present it’s by far the most comfortable life jacket I’ve ever worn which is really good for my personal requirements 👍
Are these reusable?
Sure are, all of them in fact, just change out the firing mechanism and CO2 canister.
@@SailHub Oh sweet. Thanks!
@sterlingarcher1962 our pleasure👍⛵️
Awesome! I'm in the market for a new one, so these are on the list! Thank you!
Hey Bumbler! Our mate Rich (Sailing Mist) talks a lot about you! Great to hear from you, we should catch up next time we’re down south! 👍😜
Thank you for stopping by to check out the Atlas 🙌
It’s our pleasure, it would be great if we could do some testing at some point too 👍
It would be cool to see if they’ll let you do something similar to the spinlock deckvest testing video with these to show case their differences and advantages between eachother
Yeah, that would be fab. We’re on it and we have asked them 🤞
@@SailHub awesome to hear! Keep up the good work! 💪🏻
Cheers! 🎉
@@SailHubgood morning! Have you heard back from the companies regarding the test?
Hey, yeah we have. Should have one on test in September…
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Hey! Good to hear from ya, yeah,.. we’ve had a lot on!! Some changes ahead but you know all about that! Just in making a home to live in Switzerland for a while 😜
Team O 👍👍👍
Have you been converted to the back tow system?
@@SailHub converted a while ago. Great piece of kit: just need good three point tether and the discipline to use them!
@benh9928 discipline… that’s the thing! 😝