With the fact that there will soon be more than one turbine boat on the course, and there are already several Extreme class boats running well over 150 MPH, why do the crew need inflatable life jackets, I ask this coming from a Hydroplane race where the driver in a capsule does not wear one, (hydroplane's hit speed in the 200's) and their turns are just short of violent. They do however wear the Hans device, has this been looked at??
Knowing most Cats that go over the occupants egress form the bottom hatch. would this not make more sense for the racer's.?? I will add that the one piece driver's suit they wear from SRP has some floatation sewed in so I am told. Thought's and opinion please.

Not sure bout the vest but I have already had conversations with PoPs from stars and anybody that will be in one of my boats will be using a hans device. Vinny is on the same page as me and we're gonna have them as soon as possible
Jimmy

There really isnt a need for a vest, you wont be floating at sea for hours or days, this really needs some discussion. hopefully they will never be tested.
I hope to see more input from other canopied racers on this very serious subject. I hope pops will share his insight with the board as well.

i've been beat up in boats no doubt. i'm shorter, dumber, and uglyer because it.

you gota have inflatable...as you come out of the boat under the water you have know idea how deap you are. so you use that as a trasport to the top. if you have an auto inflate device it will pin you to the top of the boat. hydros bust apart and the crew will bring up just the capsule you are in. very hard to do this with 2 seats and more so with 4.

jbs racing helmets are set up for hanns devices. we also will have a state of the art breathing system where we can wait to be released from the boat by outside support. there are air supply connections on the outside for the crew to supply us air as long as it takes.

geico uses custom built nascar seats and not the hanns...this may be the way to go but WE need to test it as well.

trust me...everyone is looking at all we can when it comes to safety in this class!

why wouldn't you wear a vest. When we rolled, I inflated the vest because I was tired from getting out, had gas in my mouth and eyes, and had a long swim to the rescue boat.

Are you able to easily release the hans device alone and upside down?

it stays with you.

[QUOTE]you gota have inflatable...as you come out of the boat under the water you have know idea how deap you are./QUOTE]

Disagree no matter the depth if the boat is floating which they normally do,
why would you not egress from the tunnel hatch???

it maybe just like wearing a leatt brace for MX...just something you have to get used to...till then it sucks and it's in your way.

while the nose of our boat was floating. we had no idea where we were at. we could have been on the bottom upside down or on the moon for that matter. as it HAD to fill prior to opening the hatch. when you crash things bend and tweek! that hatch may not open so good.

Joe there is no reason not to use both I raced open wheel mods and had no option but to whear the hans & like u said after 3or4 races u dont even know its there. I'm also pulling my custom lajoy seat out of the car to see how it will fit in the boat