[Paddlewise] More on the old topic revisited

Have just visited the Givens life raft site

http://www.givensliferafts.com/graphics_plus/raft.html

It has a nice graphic showing a raft capsizing at sea as well as the Givens
raft staying upright. Very impressive. Imagine the safety of a similar
system that could be deployed from a sea kayak.

Such a system would turn the kayak in to a stable platform that would have
minimal drift and would allow you to bundle up inside the boat and even
sleep in safety. It may even be possible to provide a canopy that would
shield you from the elements and allow you to sit upright.

I know that some readers are bored with the discussion on safety but these
discussions force us to look at the subject carefully and do more homework.
Were it not for these discussions I would never have thought to search life
raft information to see what it had to offer.

I have no connection with Givens or any other life raft company.

Cheers,
John Winters
Redwing Designs
Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft
http://home.ican.net/~735769/


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