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Originally Posted by ApS
I don't know if participants are required to wear PFDs at those speeds; however, when I found a brand-new PFD floating in The Broads, I adopted it. 
Distressing at the time— even though new—is that it weighed about twelve pounds due to water absorption. 
Later, I dismantled my old PFD to see what constituted "flotation", and it's the same stuff that you could rip in half with your bare hands. 
• Note that these off-the-shelf PFDs are not rated for a Poker Run's maximum speeds— nor for impact.
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The SL on the lake is 45, the PFD that you posted is rated for 50...