Re: [Paddlewise] What's the difference between a touring PFD and a ww PFD?

Another reason that ww pfds are sometimes made less buoyant is to make
rolling easier.  The more flotation, the more you get pinned to your deck,
making it difficult to move your body down into the water as you set-up to
roll.  In terms of a pfd keeping you afloat when separated from your boat,
a high buoyance pfd is usuallly superior, but in terms of avoiding a swim
in the first place, a less buoyant pfd has its benefits.

Cheers,
Richard Culpeper
www.geocities.com/~culpeper

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> From: HTERVORT_at_aol.com
> To: pylka_at_castle.net; nbd1bpj_at_corpmail.ups.com;
PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net
> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] What's the difference between a touring PFD and
a ww PFD?
> Date: Tuesday, March 16, 1999 2:29 AM
> 
> In a message dated 3/15/99 8:16:07 PM Pacific Standard Time,
pylka_at_castle.net
> writes:
> 
> << A WW pfd is probably more strongly built, and usually has more
>  flotation because the water could be heavily aerated, thus less buoyant.
>>
> 
> It ain't necessarily so.  Maybe ww vests SHOULD be stronger AND more
buoyant,
> but the former doesn't seem to be the case within the same manufacturer;
and
> many ww _kayaking_ vests are actually built with less buoyancy to
minimize
> coverage and bulk.  Look at the manufacturer's specs to see what the
actual
> buoyancy of each vest is.  Most are just barely at or above the minimum
> required for Type III certification.  Lotus is _one_ of the best-built
jackets
> I've seen, but they also make a big point of calling their jackets "swim
> vests" -- by which they mean easier to swim in and less buoyant than a
"life
> vest."
> 
> Harold
>
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