I had a boat(18 foot) in Florida and would go 35 miles off shore in the Gulf and never give a PDF a thought, today at age 62 if im by myself i wear a PDF pretty much anytime big motor fired up and my kill switch is hooked up....im just not as nibble as i use to be or as graceful...i bough a basspro PDF it has a couple pouches and the top part is of a mesh material, i think it was like 35 bucks....yep im getting softer in my old age....lol