Re: [Paddlewise] Maliqiaq and pfd's

From: <KiAyker_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2000 08:07:12 EST
<<   The demonstration that I watched was controlled.  Small flat water pond 
 with an expert paddler (Cindy Cole) within ten feet, water temp low 70's, 
 water depth about 6 feet, thirty people on shore within thirty feet.
    Negligence in what way? >>

   What kind of message are you sending to beginning paddlers who watch the 
expert in the water without a pfd? They don't care that it's a small pond 
with people standing nearby to help. All they see is that this expert paddler 
dosen't wear a pfd, so perhaps pfd's are only for beginners. And since they 
don't want to look like a beginner themselves, they won't wear one either!
   I understand Maliqiaq was over here to race. Did he wear one for that?

Scott
So.Cal.
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