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 #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com-------------------------------------- mark zen o, o__ o_/| o_. po box 474 </ [\/ [\_| [\_\ ft. lupton, co 80621-0474 (`-/-------/----') (`----|-------\-') #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~~~~_at_~~~~~ http://www.diac.com/~zen/paddler [index of Paddling websites I manage] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Computers are useless. They can only give you answers. --Pablo Picasso *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Jun 29 1999 - 20:04:45 PDT
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