Good idea on the extra clothing Steve. I always have an extra set in my boat also during cold water times. A very good friend of mine got to use the stowed away coveralls a number of years back when we were fishing and he fell out of the boat into 40 degree water here. I am sure he appreciated those coveralls.

I have another good friend that had a very bad experience with the inflatable life vests. He was in a night tourney a couple of years ago and was thrown out of his boat (he was alone) while running to his first spot after blastoff. The vest did not inflate...it had a bad gas cartridge. He is not a very good swimmer and as he told me he was going down for the last time when a couple of guys in another boat pulled him from the water. Luckily they had been following his boat and saw it veer off and stop in the middle of the lake in front of them and they decided to make sure he was ok.