Philip Wylie wrote: > > Effective January 18-22, 1999 here are 'some'of the official Regulations > from the Canadian Coast Guard where Kayaks and Canoes are concerned: Interesting development regarding color of PFDs. Faced with people not wearing PFDS, Canada has thrown up its hands. It believes the reason for this is that people don't like the colors that were formerly required, yellow and orange. It will now approve PFDs in any color and states its rationale: more fashionable colors may get people to wear their PFDs more. But the Coast Guard does suggest that brighter colors would be better than darker ones. Also, Canada requires canoes and kayaks to carry a "heaving line of 15 meter or greater length." I wonder how many paddlers anywhere carry such a length of line and what would they hope to accomplish with it...I don't think the Canadian authorities have towing in mind but rather heaving, i.e. throwing the line to someone to pull them in. Sounds like the regulation that was being discussed at one point in the US to have all boats, including canoes and kayaks, to carry life preserver rings to throw to people overboard. Who is writing these regulations? ralph diaz -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 19 1999 - 22:03:06 PST
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