Re: [Paddlewise] wet exit? why? JOKE WARNING!

Michael Neverdosky wrote:

> I always thought this was doue to so many people proclaiming that they
> would
> "Never be caught Dead in a kayak!"
>
> Two rules of thumb;
>
> 1. Getting out of a boat increases your safety only if you are getting on
> dry land.
>
> 2. Getting into a boat only increases your safety if you are getting into
> a lifeboat
>    from a sinking ship.

On Country Style, our 3/4 Ton ocean racer, we say "Never get into a liferaft unless its
a step UP."

Roger

>
>
> Remember, this is a humor post, but still contains a lot of truth and food
> for
> thought.
>
> michael (if I wanted safe, I would not have been born)
>
> culpeper_at_geocities.com wrote:
>
> > As far as finding bodies outside of boats, I believe that this has more to do with
> > it being very difficult to stay in a boat when either in great distress or when
> > dead, so I don't find your mention of such statistics to be at all useful.
>
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