Re: [Paddlewise] PFD Fit and function.

I can remember using a PFD with crotch straps that were attached to the
shoulder area.  You cinched the straps, pulled the spraydeck up, then zipped
the pfd closed.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jack Martin <jcmartin43_at_radix.net>
To: <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>; Richard Mitchell
<mitchelr_at_ucs.orst.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 1999 9:31 AM
Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] PFD Fit and function.


>Date sent:      Wed, 17 Feb 1999 00:15:03 -0800
>From:           Richard Mitchell <mitchelr_at_ucs.orst.edu>
>To:             "paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net"
<paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
>Subject:        [Paddlewise] PFD Fit and function.
>
>>
>> Many paddles wear PFDs that ride up off their shoulders and even
>> up to the ears.  The buoyancy of such devices is compromised.
>> Children's PFDs all have crotch straps to prevent just such an
>> occurrence.
>
>Sounds like you may not be fitting the PFD to the paddler properly.
>If a PFD is sized and fitted properly, and if the straps are all
>cinched down appropriately, a PFD won't ride up when a paddler
>swims --- and shouldn't ride up even in a jump into the water off a
>pier or a rock.  Crotch straps are fine --- my old CKS Stohlquist
>"Max" vest had USCG-approved hardpoints for crotch straps --- but
>they're most practical in an open canoe or on a raft.  Would look to
>a properly sized and rigged PFD before modifying it to offset
>improper fit.
>
>Jack Martin
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