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American Lifeguard Products Rescue Tubes
- RESCUE TUBES 50" (Size: 50" x 6" x 4")
- Water Cell foam offers a softer feel and longer
life.
- 50" Rescue Tube has extra width and thickness for better flotation.
- Approved for pools, water parks, and ideal for
open water.
- Extra wide multi-purpose shoulder strap for
throwing or towing.
- Red: Stocked Item!!! Any quanity.
- Colors: Yellow, Blue, Custom order (Min. 10 per
color 2-3 week lead time).
- See Buoyancy Calculation below.
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The following formula (In Laymen's Term's) is used in the
process for calculating part
of the Coast Guard approval process for minimum buoyancy!
If a man weighs 200 pounds on land, he only weighs 10
pounds in the water.
80% of the human body is water. Water in the body has
no weight in the water.
200 pounds x 80% = 160 pounds. So 200 pounds - 160 pounds =
40 pounds.
The human body is 15% fat, fat is lighter than water.
200 pounds x 15% = 30 pounds. So 40 pounds - 30 pounds = 10
pounds.
A 200 pound person only weighs 10 pounds in the water.
If a man weighs 350 pounds on land, he only weighs
17.5 pounds in the water.
350 x 80% = 280 pounds. So 350 pounds - 280 pounds = 70
pounds.
350 pounds x 15% = 52.5 pounds. So 70 pounds - 52.5 pounds
= 17.5 pounds.
A 350 pound person weighs 17.5 pounds in the water.
This 50" Rescue Tube equals to 44 Lbs of Buoyancy.
American Lifeguard Products, your one stop shop for all your lifeguard equipment and rescue needs!
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