Gumby are they not called?

Wife has a couple of neoprene wet suits and I thought they gave her bouancy. Some floatation vests are neoprene.

Reading a book now on boat rescues in AK and it says if your suit leaks you sink. And if you don't get the collar inflated you sink.

Just looking for input to understand what I"m reading a bit better.

I thought if they were survival, the big orange things, you should float. I get the fact you can easily die in them shortly from hypothermia. But if they don't float you whats the point? Only insulation as long as you are sealed tightly?


We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....