Real-To: Paddlewise <PaddleWise_at_lists.intelenet.net> At 22:30 10/27/99 -0700, rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: Eric Sonett wrote: >> I agree with you about the USCG but some states require that an approved PFD >> be worn in boats such as kayaks. >Yes, local regs may be tougher than those of the Coast Guard. colorado says essentially the same as the uscg on lakes and flat bodies of water, and says "must be worn" on moving water. most of our water is COLD all year ... and i see many, too damn many, boaters on the water without pfds ON ... they should swim once, just too see how unprepared they really would be. i don't want to see it mandated, but i'd also like to see common sense being used. mark [oh, maybe this should have been under strong opinions on the bio thread, thankfull we still don't have a helmet law in colorado... duckin' 'n runnin'] -- #------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.jacknjillz.com/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 - 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 - 20:17:08 PDT
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