Stephen Bird wrote: > > On Tue, 17 Mar 1998 01:01:49 -0500, you wrote: > > >> I had an interesting chat with Cdn Coast Guard officers <snip> > >> Apparently it is possible for me to avoid all of this hassle <snip> > >Thanks for this enlightening discourse! > > You are most welcome.... since I write about law and recreation I like to > be accurate. :-) Imagine planning, driving, and ready to go on a trip when > the leader/instructor says "sorry, you can't come with us, your PFD is not > approved. go home" I wouldn't be very happy, would you? Imagine portaging > around a lock on a waterway when a conservation/police officer decides to > check your PFD and then tickets you.... neither is a happy scenario. > > >Do you maybe not have quite enough to keep you busy? :-) I think what is most important is something you said earlier about the authorities being so happy to see anyone wearing a PFD. I doubt that any Coast Guard crew will pull you over, ask you to take off your PFD and show them the approved label inside _unless_ you are being reckless or in other ways drawing attention to yourself. In which case, you might get a thorough looking over. Same if you have the PFD tucked in the boat somewhere. Then, they might ask you to show them you have one in which case, conceivably, they might notice that there is no approval label inside. Moral: wear your PFd all the time and act responsibly. ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 17 1998 - 08:51:27 PST
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