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Florida Boaters Died...Had no Radio??
Whaler27 replied to triumphrick's topic in Boating and Fishing Discussion
Seems to me that the last thing you want to do in the marine environment is vacuum bag anything you want to keep dry. Vacuum means that the pressure on the inside of the bag is lower than the pressure on the outside of the bag and so there is a tendency for air/water on the outside of the bag to go into the bag to equalize that pressure difference. If vacuum was a good thing in a marine environment, electronic makers would use it to keep electronics dry. Instead they use dry nitrogen pressure to keep moisture out. Flare makers like Orion sell WATERPROOF and FLOATING flare containers. If your boat goes over and the flares go into the water, this is what you want. Vacuum packed flares would probably sink to the bottom.