Clive, I would certainly opt to borrow or hire a dinghy
rather than suits - you can then be comfortable flying.
The water temp around N of Scotland is currently in 10 to
12C region which is not cold enough to be incapacitating
if you get wet. It is all pretty remote up there and I
would fancy my chances quite a bit more with a dinghy,(in
which you could expect to survive 3 days or more) rather
than suits in which you might survive a couple of hours or
so, assuming the plane sank(which it almost certainly
won't) and assuming you were not picked up very quickly
(possible, but with PLB and the sense to give them your
GPS position on the way down, hopefully not too likely). I
would offer you mine but am clinging to the hope that I
might get the weather to try a bit of Dawn to Dusk action
one or other of the two weekends you plan to be away, and
if so I might well be passing overhead! Regards, David
Joyce, G- XSDJ
"gtagr" <clive.maf@googlemail.com> wrote:
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>Fellow Europa flyers,
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> Am planning a trip up to the Shetland Isles 6-14th July
>for which some of the transits (longest perhaps 30mins)
>are over water. Thinking about ditching and
>surviveability, can anyone recommend or advise on the
>hire or loan of immersion suits - as I'd rather not buy
>for this one trip. My first over water stretch is from
>Banff to Wick (departure Fishburn) and the second and
>subsequent is Wick to Kirkwall, Sumburgh and various
>other leg sections up to Baltasound airport on Unst - and
>back of course. Have new (and registered) PLB, and
>lifejackets. Also, if anyone knows, what might the
>additional weight of two immersions suits be?
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> All advice/comments/tips based upon experience, welcome.
>
> Clive Sutton G-TAGR
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