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Ron Comer (left) shows Randy Dickau how to put on a survival suit, usually called a "Gumby" suit because you look like the cartoon character when you put it on. Survival suits are a very important part of the emergency equipment on board. Even though the sea water here in the tropics is over 85°F, if you had to abandon ship and go in the water, your body temperature would gradually get too cold to survive. Survival suits insulate the body from cold seawater.

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