Re: [Paddlewise] kayaker lost off Galveston

From: Rich Kulawiec <rsk_at_gsp.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1998 08:32:31 -0400
On Tue, Oct 06, 1998 at 11:41:31PM -0700, Julio MacWilliams wrote:
> In all cases the important message is not "wear your PFD all the time",
> which should be out of the question, but what to do to prevent such
> close calls from ever happening again.

No, that *is* the message.  (It's certainly mine, and I'm one of the
people who responded, so "in all cases" is dead wrong.)
There's no reason not to have your PFD on all the time -- which is
what I do, by the way, and I'm on the water 300+ days a year under
all sorts of conditions -- including multi-hour racing workouts in
the middle of the day during the summer.  With a properly-fitting PFD
appropriate for the conditions, it's not in the least inconvenient
or uncomfortable.

---Rsk
Rich Kulawiec
rsk_at_gsp.org
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