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.
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