Thank to everyone who participated in our contest! This is our winning entry! The family will be receiving a Mustang Survival PFD pack and have their photo featured in the Discover Boating Photo Contest.

Hector’s Dolphins are the worlds smallest, rarest and friendliest dolphins and are found in the coastal areas of New Zealand. One of our customers, Black Cat Cruises offers people the opportunity to head out to Akaroa Harbour and swim with the dolphins.

Because the water gets cold in winter, they have expanded their season by letting customers wear a Mustang Survival dry suit when the go in the water. Check out the segment TV New Zealand did on wearing the suits in cold water.

Photo By: tewahipounamu

Meet 15 month old Emily in her Mustang Survival L’il Legends kids life jacket. Her mom took this picture on a recent vacation. She wore it at the pool and in the boat.

One of the things all of us at Mustang takes pride in is the innovative nature of our company. A few months back Canadian Olympian David Ford, qualified for the Beijing games and approached us to help design a life jacket for him. David finished fourth at the last Olympics in Athens and also has one gold (1999) and one silver (2003) at world championships. Our research team jumped at the opportunity to help him out.

This morning David finished 13th in the heats and qualified for the semi-finals. Here are some pictures of David practicing in China.

As I write this, the spectacular Beijing Olympic games opening ceremonies are underway. I made sure I was up early enough to catch some of the event on TV while I was getting ready for work this morning. I don’t know about you, but it’s always moving for me when my country enters the stadium at the games. Today was no different.

A few weeks back I got a call from our partners at the Canadian Red Cross asking if they could borrow some life jackets for a photo shoot with the Olympic Swim Team. How could I say no? I have uploaded the pictures to our Flickr page.

I’ll have another Olympic story to share with you in days to come. In the mean time, Go Canada!

Entries have closed on our Safe Boating Photo Contest and now its time for you to decide on which one will win. The winning photo will be featured in the Discover Boating program and the photographer will win a family pack of Mustang Survival PFDs.

To vote for your favorite, just visit our Flickr photo group and leave a comment why you think that one should win.

Mustang Survival was proud to sponsor this production through our dealer West Marine. Here’s the the synopsis:

Fifteen young sailors…six months of intense training…one chance at the brass ring. This documentary tells the inspiring story of a group of intrepid and determined young men and women, on the cusp of adulthood, as they embark on life’s first great adventure. Racing a high-performance 52-foot sloop in the TRANSPAC, the most revered of open-ocean sailing competitions, the crew of “Morning Light” matches wits and skills in a dramatic 2300 mile showdown against top professionals. From their earliest training sessions in Hawaii conducted by world-class teachers through their test of endurance on the high seas, they form an unbreakable bond in the process of becoming a singular team that is greater than the sum of its parts.

This ad was recently run by our friends at Fish Safe BC. I liked it so much I’m sharing it with you.