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keeldad
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Initially Posted - 04/24/2013 :  13:58:03  Show Profile
Anybody ever hear of this? I went down to the boatyard this weekend and stopped into the yard shop before checking my boats. One of the yard locals asked me "Have you looked at your boat lately?..." THAT kind of question will send shivers down your spine. He tells me that last week they heard a loud bang but couldn't tell where it came from but there's line all around my boat. When I looked at the boat, the sling and about half the line are out of the box and on the ground and the box has a gash down the side. It looks like the autoinflate on the sling activated and because the cover was secured and it had nowhere to go, it blew the box apart. That's kind of scary. What if this happened while we were on board sailing? I'm going to take the box to WM and see what they have to say.
John & Emery Keeler
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/24/2013 :  16:17:54  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Apparently there was a recall issued for the auto inflating LifeSling 2's a few years back. How old is yours? WM was taking the returns, giving you a new foam filled LifeSling 2 and a $100 gift certificate to make up the difference.

Here's a thread I found on the [url="http://www.c36ia.com/forums/showthread.php?t=854"]Catalina 36 forum[/url].

Here's the [url="http://www.defender.com/recalls.jsp"]actual recall text[/url] on Defender's site. You'll have to scroll down a bit to get to it.
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TakeFive
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Response Posted - 04/24/2013 :  18:46:19  Show Profile
Makes me glad that I don't have the inflatable version. I just have the standard buoyancy Lifesling 2.

We remove ours and move it inside the cabin whenever we're not sailing. This has kept it in mint condition, with no UV degradation. You might want to consider doing this too, since it appears that moisture has taken a toll on the auto-inflate mechanism.
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britinusa
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Response Posted - 04/24/2013 :  19:20:48  Show Profile  Visit britinusa's Homepage
Ditto Rick. Never knew that there was an auto-inflate version.

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delliottg
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Response Posted - 04/24/2013 :  21:17:54  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
We've got the foam one as well. We're on our second cover, when we get another one (this one is semi-UV-degraded already), I'll probably go a bit overboard in the 303.
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keeldad
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Response Posted - 04/25/2013 :  08:33:24  Show Profile
I bought it at WM in late 2009. I never heard of the recall and usually WM is pretty good about that kind of thing. A few years ago they notified me that a priming bulb for my fuel line was subject to a recall. I would imagine they sell a lot more priming bulbs than lifeslings but they still managed to find and notify me for that.
It sounds like you folks have a soft cover for your lifeslings. The one that I have is rigid plastic and semi-permanently attached to the rail. In order to remove it at the end of the day, I'd have to unscrew 6 bolts.
I'll pull the box off the boat this weekend and see what WM has to say.
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keeldad
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Response Posted - 05/03/2013 :  11:31:57  Show Profile
I took it to my local WM store. They looked up the recall and even though the unit was nearly 5 years old,they gave me a credit (which was more than I originally spent for the original unit)towards the improved Lifesling (no hard box and no self-inflate). I was very pleased with their response to this problem. Basically I received a brand new Lifesling unit for $20. Thanks to everybody for their help with this problem.
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delliottg
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Response Posted - 05/03/2013 :  15:08:33  Show Profile  Visit delliottg's Homepage
Glad to hear it worked out for you. WM may be overpriced on a lot of their equipment, but they make up for it in customer service.
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