RE: [Paddlewise] Flares & Night-time Safety

Halcyon makes an inflatable Diver's Life Raft that fits into a pouch which
10.5 inches x 7 inches x 2.7 inches approx...it was made to hold divers who
managed to get lost at sea---CO2 was not originally intended, as this
concept works poorly at great depth--use of the scuba low pressure hose
inflator was the original method, with oral as backup at the surface.

Its application to a kayaker in a night time emergency should be quite
obvious, and its storage space and deployment is ideal for sea kayaking.

Since Halcyon also makes a Diver PFD ( too expensive for use by
kayakers---it is made to do many things kayakers don't need), and the Diver
PFD has a Co2 system as one of its 3 inflation options---so anyone who
wanted a life raft for a kayak, could have Halcyon add the Co2 system to the
life raft ( Halcyon enjoys customizing ).

There is a photo of the life raft at http://www.halcyon.net/slr.htm

Regards,
Dan Volker



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
[mailto:owner-paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net]On Behalf Of Bob Denton
Sent: Thursday, December 17, 1998 4:51 PM
To: Byron Lawrence; paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net
Subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Flares & Night-time Safety


Unfortunately, most safety tubes look great in the dive shop but when you
actually have to deploy them in rough conditions (wind) they simply don't
work. There are some serious ones that do, including one I used to
distribute (in a former life) called the Signal Buoy, reviewed in Sea
Kayaker. The SB inflated with a CO2 Cartridge in a few seconds and had
sufficient buoyancy 6'x10" to function as a rolling aid as well as a
flotation aid. There are a few made for technical diving that have similar
qualities.

The cheapie tubes ($20-$40) simply blow over and become useless.

cya

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