Re: [Paddlewise] ARPEE

From: Doug Lloyd <dlloyd_at_bc.sympatico.ca>
Date: Fri, 01 Oct 1999 11:11:02 -0700
Fine Sir,

I must respectfully disagree with your obvious bias with respect to
outlandish claims, denoted by your website:
 
>For more information visit our web site at
>http://www.thebestsafetydevicesintheworld.com

Your limiting use of an ARPEE is a discredit to your normally excellent
logic. To advise impressionable paddlers to only carry one ARPEE in their
hatch simply proves that your device is indeed, not the best safety device
in the world, and an inferior product.

Here at Tim-Win Safety Devices, Inc, our vast testing in our flat-water
test tank has conclusively shown that carrying a pair of, what you term,
ARPEES, in one's rear hatch is far superior. After much consultation with
our Taiwanese instruction writers, my company now offers an easy-to-deploy
web harness that secures two ARPEES, one per side, allowing a level of
stability hitherto, unobtainable. Our previous system, which I admittedly
had claimed to be the best in the world, had one draw back - too much drag.
Our new and improved, double-deployed ARBEES, once given the command to
start swimming, actually increases hull speed by 50%.

The best third-world ARPEES for this purpose come from southern pacific
latitudes, where often they even provide their own snorkeling gear,
allowing for boomer avoidance and white shark warnings.

Our harness package comes complete with marine-grade velcro, lever-lock
buckles (we don't use side-release-buckles anymore), and two full-length
body stickers which say "I am a safety device". These stickers are
necessary so as to assuage Coast Guard officials who would otherwise think
you were smuggling illegal immigrants. Also, due to Coast Guard
regulations, you can utilize our previous sp*ns*ns by attaching one each to
each ARPEE, thereby meeting the requirement for personal floatation.    

Take my word for it, this *is* the best safety device on the market. All
others are obsolete, and utterly useless.

You can visit my web site at:
>http://www.absolutleythebestsafetydevicesintheworld.com

Yours in safety,
Timmy

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