In a message dated 10/6/98 3:29:47 PM Pacific Daylight Time, rww_at_mailbox.neosoft.com writes: << Now, like you mentioned, had he been unconcious, survival, even with PFD, would be unlikely; but I doubt that was the case. Most probably, he capsized, was unable to get back on with the wave action, lost his grip on the boat, and drowned while trying to chase his boat being blown away from him at high speed. >> An eye witness reported the paddler being so far off shore that he appeared as a mere speck on the horizon. That and the fact that he was paddling a rented boat leads me to the conclusion that the problem here is really not one of whether or not he was wearing a pfd, but yet another case of an uninformed, inexperienced person going way beyond their limits with rented equipment. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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 Oct 06 1998 - 18:57:52 PDT
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