Pat Moss wrote: >The inflatable PFD's are only blue until they are inflated, then the yellow portion is exposed. They come in "auto-inflation" when wet and manual which seems to work better for kayaks, as we frequently get wet. I sometimes wear mine, in the appropriate conditions, but they are potentially useless if wearer is hit by lightning. I didn't think of that negative feature when I bought it, however I find it very comfortable and nice to wear on watch in the middle of the night on a sailboat.< I thought I heard somewhere that these were not Coastguard approved for kayaking. Also, I think they would be easily puntured by oyster, barnacles, etc. thus rendering them useless. Are they multi-chambered? That would help. Cheers, Dave Dave Williams paddler_at_loxinfo.co.th http://paddleasia.com Phuket, Thailand *************************************************************************** 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 Aug 10 1999 - 00:29:42 PDT
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