Switlik CPR Coastal Passage Raft

SWITLIK's CPR is designed to be a high-quality, lightweight, best-in-class coastal life raft, with a convertible canopy system, large, fast-deploying water ballast bags, and heat-sealed construction. The CPR provides 1,140 lbs of inflated buoyancy and 19.6 sq. ft of floor area, offering excellent ventilation as well as total protection from the elements.

Designed with the coastal cruiser, mid-shore sport fisherman, and day-sailor in mind, the CPR sets the standard for lightweight and fully featured life rafts. This raft is as much "at home" on a mid-sized sloop as it is on a high-performance center console or even a large sport fishing yacht, as long as the activities warrant coastal performance.

• 5 Year service inteval
• Four (4) wide, stiffened rung floating ladders that make it easy for someone to climb over a single tube, even while wearing a life jacket
• Internal buoyancy sleeve for redundancy in the event of a puncture, offering all the safety of twin tubes in a single raft
• Four (4) high-capacity rapidly deploying weight ballast bags for stability
• Exterior light that is activated upon raft deployment
• SOLAS-grade reflective tape and patches located all around the raftraft
• Lightweight, double-coated (inside and out) urethane fabric provides superior abrasion resistance
• Air Charge Inflation System with viewable ports.
• Heat Sealed Technology
• Convertible Canopy System
• Stowage pocket on the valise for additional gear

There is no one universal method of rating raft capacities (see here). In fact, there are several different methods and governmental agencies worldwide that rate the capacity of a life raft based on the following criteria: usable floor area, inflated buoyancy, size of an average individual, and their concept of how long someone might be in the raft before rescue, not to mention how you find yourself to be there, i.e. from a sinking vessel or a ditched aircraft.

As a result, SWITLIK takes the position that a life raft's capacity is truly defined by its total size in floor area and inflated buoyancy. How many "people" that translates into depends upon your usage and interpretation of the above criteria. A raft that might safely support 6 or 8 people in an emergency for 24 hours will seem a lot smaller for a transoceanic passage where rescue might be weeks in coming.