PFD

Mario Vittone, Soundings and PassageMaker contributor, and Safety and Rescue at Sea instructor, goes over how to pack your life jacket to survive falling overboard.

Soundings contributor Mario Vittone explains why "Always Wear Your Life Jacket" is terrible advice, in order to actually get you to wear your life jacket more.

Mike Diaz, a kayak fisherman, describes spending 17 hours treading water and fighting the tides of Long Island Sound after his kayak capsized in October of 2017. Diaz credits his life jacket with his survival.

Mario Vittone's latest post on his Soundings Magazine Lifelines blog