1989 TV clip

[Ken]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrXfxxyJs7k
(couldn't make hyperlink work)

PS Does this mean the RYA had not persuaded everyone to wear buoyancy of some sort in 1989 ?

Ken

[Ken]

PPS ... or maybe I should watch it more than once before asking.

[Cooomkeen]

It was only mad racing dinghy sailors that had buoyancy aids in those days.
Well, OK, so some others did too.
But it certainly wasn't "standard equipment".