On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Steve Cramer wrote: > Mark Zen wrote: > > > > >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?) Even 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] > > > > 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] > > > So, Mark, perhaps you are unfairly pear-shaped. ;). The PFD > manufacturers have just recently arrived arrived at the realization that > male and female paddlers are shaped differently. Now they need to look > at other shape differences, as well. > > Or, you could go back to your canoe... > > Steve unfortunately, my handicaps aren't allowing that near as much any more 8-( so now i jam myself into a sea coffin ;-) and wedge myself into a poor fitting pfd!! my whitewater canoe pfd fits great, pfds for the SK on the other hand, really suck, at least the ones i've owned so far ... any recommendations out there??!! mark #------canoeist[at]netbox[dot]com----http://www.diac.com/~zen/mark ---- # 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 to club websites i administer] Rocky Mtn Sea Kayak Club, Colorado River Flows, Poudre Paddlers The Colorado Paddlers' Resource, Rocky Mtn Canoe Club Trip Page -- Fortune: Do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. --Benjamin Franklin *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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