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Crotch strap on buoyancy aid

I have a Vaikobi VXP Race PFD. It's a good piece of kit but unless you've strapped it up so tightly that it constricts your breathing, it will still ride up when you're in for a swim. That restricts the performance of the PFD and is a nuisance when remounting. Like many other PFD's, it's missing a crotch strap.

So I've hand stitched a strap through the belt straps and this works well (excuse the chaotic hand stitching).

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