Editing Avon Inflatables (section)

==Avon and survival at sea==
There are numerous accounts of survival at sea involving Avon equipment.
* ''[[The Perfect Storm (book)|The Perfect Storm]]'' describes the use of Avon inflatable rafts under extreme conditions.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Junger|first1=Sebastian|title=The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea|year=1997|publisher=W. W. Norton & Company|isbn=9780393076615|page=[https://archive.org/details/perfectstorm000seba/page/158 158]|url=https://archive.org/details/perfectstorm000seba|url-access=registration|quote=survival at sea, avon.|language=en}}</ref>
* [[Steven Callahan]] survived [[Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea|adrift for 76 days]]. In a 1983 letter to ''Cruising World'', Callahan said “I must express my appreciation to Avon, who built a good product that did {{sic|it's}} job for 76 days.”<ref>{{cite book|title=Cruising World|date=January 1983|page=6|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YN8KAmWqnYcC&dq=Callahan+survival+avon&pg=PA6|language=en}}</ref>
* Two sailors survived 13 days at sea in their Avon raft after abandoning ship in a 1981 incident.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Cartwright|first1=Jerry|title=Lessons from two survivors|date=July 1981|publisher=Motor Boating|pages=22–30|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QEVoRKZaAr0C&dq=Lessons%2C+avon&pg=PA22|language=en}}</ref>
* Avon cites a 117-day survival.<ref>{{cite web|title=Avon Inflatables Ltd. - Ocean, Coastline and Modula Liferafts|url=http://www.avoninflatables.co.uk/page/oac|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060215124132/http://www.avoninflatables.co.uk/page/oac|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 February 2006|access-date=20 March 2017|date=15 February 2006}}</ref>