Glad you are ok. Thanks for sharing the experience.
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Yikes, good lesson for instructor and students.miketsp:... he tossed his BC in the water, jumped in, opened it up and tossed it over his head with his arms through the appropriate holes. Then he stayed there in that position for the next 2 minutes struggling with his arms sticking up and face down in the water until the onlookers realised he wasn't going to get out on his own and was practically drowning.