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Philip > and to have gone > out and purchased my own copy of 'SEA-KAYAKER' DEEP TROUBLE Notice the number of incidents where the person didn't have a PFD or was sitting on it at the time? Also the number of incidents where there weren't bulkheads or proper flotation? Incidently. I believe Derek Hutchinson often doesn't wear a PFD (when instructing too!!!!!) and the original Baidarka he designed only had one bulkhead. At least I knew the first sea kayak I built had to have 2 or else. Sometime the "experts" can get away with it but it's not the way for us mere mortals. Alex -- ---------------------------------------------------- Alex Ferguson a.ferguson_at_chem.canterbury.ac.nz Electronics Workshop, Chem Dept, Univ of Canterbury Christchurch, New Zealand *************************************************************************** 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 Sun May 17 1998 - 16:49:56 PDT
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