Lifejackets & Flotation
A lifejacket you forget you're wearing — until the moment you don't.
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How a lifejacket inflates
- Automatic — inflates the moment it touches water; the right choice if you might be unconscious or unable to react.
- Manual — you pull a toggle to inflate. Simpler and cheaper, but only works if you're conscious.
- Foam — always buoyant, no mechanism. Ideal for children, watersports and casual use.
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Why a harness matters
- With harness — built-in attachment points let you clip a safety tether to the boat, so a fall overboard doesn't separate you from the vessel. Essential for offshore, single-handed or night sailing.
- Without harness — lower profile and more comfortable, with no clip-on points. Better for inshore, recreational and warm-water activities.
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Which buoyancy do I need?
Buoyancy is measured in newtons — higher numbers mean more lift.
- 50N — buoyancy aid for calm, sheltered water with help close at hand.
- 100N — general lifejacket for sheltered conditions and inland use.
- 150N — the recreational coastal and offshore standard.
- 170N — performance offshore, for heavier crews and rough seas.
- 275N — heavy-duty commercial and extreme-condition use.
ALTO Waist Worn PFD
75N Inflatable Flotation
Manual · Without harness · 75N / 50N
Deckvest LITE & Deckvest LITE+
Ultra-Lightweight Lifejackets
Automatic · With harness / Without harness · 170N / 275N
Deckvest NEMO and NEMO+
Infant and Child Foam Lifejacket with Optional Deck Harness
Foam · With harness / Without harness · 100N / 150N
FIDO
Flotation for dogs
Foam · Without harness · N/A
Foil PFD
50N buoyancy aid
Foam · Without harness · 50N
Trusted in the world's toughest sailing races.
From solo skippers in the Vendée Globe to crews crossing the Atlantic each year in the ARC, Spinlock lifejackets are the equipment that gets sailors home. Tested at the limits, and made available to everyone.
The only piece of kit on the boat I genuinely never think about. Which is exactly the point.
Built for the worst day. Worn on the best.
Every Spinlock flotation product is designed and assembled in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight, where we've been manufacturing 60+ years. Every detail is designed to do its job, enhance your day on the water & stay out of your way until it doesn't.
- 60 years
- engineering safety on water
- Innovation
- unique to Spinlock
- UK-made
- designed & built in Cowes, UK
