Re: [Paddlewise] Successful Paddle-Float Re-entry

From: Mark Zen <canoeist_at_netbox.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jun 1999 21:10:26 +0000
At 17:12 6/28/99 -0400, Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu> wrote:
>Su Penn wrote:
[snip]
>> I found
>> that my PFD is worse than useless and won't be any better unless I install
>> a crotch strap to keep it from riding up. 
>
>Sounds like it doesn't fit well. Do you perhaps have a shape that the
>PFD amnufacturer didn't have in mind when he designed the device? (Was
>that polite enough?) Evan a fairly pear-shaped person should be able to
>tighten the bottom strap or tie tightly enough to keep it below the rib
>cage. 
[sniparoo]

>Steve

since both steve & ralph said close to the same thing,
i can tighten my bottom strap around my ribcage -- but my stomach is lower, 
and would still stick out, pushing the pfd higher ... i just felt all around
my gut/body, and my gut is definitely _below_ my rib cage... [very pear shaped]
so this isn't true, and i'd hate to say how much i've spent on pfd's alone in
the last 6-8 years [about 14-18 months between pfds] 

mark


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