I don't have the rules handy, but I think that the Georgia Canoeing Association trip rules say that all paddlers shall wear a PFD. Of course, 90% of our trips are WW. I do know at one outfitter (nameless) who does not require PFDs. I and others have worried about his liability. I can think of one flatwater trip where PFDs might have been superfluous. It was a springs run in central Florida, where the first half was in water less than a foot deep. Folks did put them on when we got out into deeper water. My rule is, there is a limited number of things of things I can think about simultaneously. If I *always* wear the PFD, that's one less thing to think about. Steve *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 01 2000 - 12:33:30 PST
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