Revere Life Rafts

This mainly comes down to where you would be mounting the raft. If you need to mount a liferaft on your cabintop or foredeck, for instance, then a canister is your best bet, and is better protected from the elements. It is also quicker to deploy. If you can find an out of the way place in your cockpit or transom where the valise can be lashed down, then a valise would work well. Just make sure you have the ability to get larger valises out quickly.

Hypothermia is a concern even when inside of your life raft. Sitting in a life raft with an uninsulated single-layer floor can easily lower your body temperature, even if you’re not wet. The insulated floor feature on Revere Life Rafts significantly reduces the chances of hypothermia.

If you are traveling further than 25 - 50 miles offshore, then you’ll want to go with an offshore Revere life raft, designed to survive 24+ hours. On the other hand, if only cruising along the coast, and sailing in warmer waters, a coastal life raft by Revere should be sufficient.

Revere’s rafts bring at least two separate flotation chambers. Insulated floors. An inflatable canopy covering entire raft. Large ballast bags suspended below the raft to keep it stabilized in bad weather. Boarding platform to help entering into the raft from water. Substantial survival kit, and automatically deployed drogue or sea anchor.

Based out of Jacksonville, FL, Revere has been making survival products since 1936. Revere Life Rafts are known for uncompromising quality and design sophistication. In addition to meeting the requirements of the International Convention of the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), Revere Life Rafts hold US Coast Guard Approval.