Most horseshoes have a sort of hood arrangement on either side that acts as a built in sea anchor. Few cushions will have that and in any sort of breeze--when people are most likely to go over--a cushion will blow to leeward faster than a MOB can swim. Andy Masquearde
Andrew Burton 26 Beacon Hill Newport, RI USA 02840 http://sites.google.com/site/andrewburtonyachtservices/ https://burtonsailing.com/ phone +401 965 5260 On Wed, Mar 4, 2020 at 1:51 PM bwhitmore via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > Interesting that through this discussion, few have noted any strong > evidence or reason for going with a horseshoe or ring vs. A vastly cheaper > throwable cushion that can serve multiple purposes. > > Other than apparent Canadian regulations, and I have no intention of > sailing from Tampa to Canada any time soon... :) > > > > > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > > _______________________________________________ > > Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each > and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - > use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray > >
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