Elaine Harmon wrote: > > Hi guys, what is this business about no reflective tape on PFD's? (Colin, > is that a rule in the UK also?) What's the rationale? e It's illegal to modify any PFD, even to make a modification that would obviously make it safer. I believe this is a Canadian CG regulation too. There are some commercial PFD's with reflective tape (Lotus L'Ocean comes to mind) but YOU (or I) can't take a Lotus Lola and put reflective tape on it, even though it makes it exactly like the USCG-approved L'Ocean. You also can't add pockets to a PFD that doesn't already have them, again, even if you're just making small pockets to hold flares and a mirror; maybe they figure you'll store your Genuine Canadian Ballast Rocks in them and then you'd lose your 15.5 lbs of USCG mandated bouyancy. I um, know a guy, yeah, I know a guy, and he's going to add some reflective strips to his PFD, and maybe an additional small pocket to hold a space blanket and survival kit, but I won't name names! Shawn -- Shawn W. Baker 0 46°53'N © 1999 ____©/______ 114°06'W ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ baker_at_montana.com 0 http://www.missoulaconcrete.com/shawn/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Oct 27 1999 - 12:25:11 PDT
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