RE: [Paddlewise] Nearly Fatal

> From: dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com [mailto:dmccarty_at_us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Monday, March 06, 2000 2:46 PM

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> A boat with positive floatation is a good thing.  The 
> ListConsensus seems
> to be that if one has a boat without bulkheads then one needs floation
> bags.  Not so much as to keep a swamped boat floating but to 
> displace water
> and make it easier to recover from a mishap.  Less water in 
> the boat means
> less water to empty.

  I have never paddled an Old Town Loon (prefer Common and Pacific Loons
myself), or even seen one, but reading the Old Town ad on the back inside
cover of the March, 2000 Canoe & Kayak magazine it appears that Old Town
touts their inner foam core between the two layers of linear poly as
providing "built in flotation".  Literally true - perhaps.  Responsible and
practical for real world paddling conditions - perhaps not.  Will somebody
die because of marketing techniques - I certainly hope not - but somebody
came close this past weekend......
  
Dave Seng
Juneau, Alaska
 
   
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