CE is the rest of the worlds equivalent to tested and approved. The USCG does their own testing(I believe) and an absurd amount of money is charged for each model and color PFD to be certified.
Mike Krantz should chime in here, he's been on the frontlines of this issue for awhile.
My question is why can't the prescription for racing be changed to USCG or CE and leave the operator up to being law compliant.


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