>> When in the pool, I don't wear a PFD and it amazes me how hard standard rescues are without a PFD. If you haven't tried it, go out sometime and give it a try. Tredding water while getting out a paddle float, putting it on your paddle and then blowing it up is really hard. I couldn't imagine doing it in cold, bouncy water! As for me and my household, I'd just as soon go out on the water without a paddle as I would without my PFD. --Tim >> ************************************************************************** * I always practice in the pool with my PFD on, but I once shucked it to recover a dropped mask, and I found the reentry as difficult as you did. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Oct 07 1998 - 07:41:16 PDT
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