Yes, GCA rules specify that PFDs are always worn. Also, decked boaters (kayakers) must wear helmets at all times on moving water. I'm sure that Darwin's Principle would come into play very quickly to rid the gene pool of whitewater kayakers who don't wear helmets and PFDs. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 15:39:10 -0500 From: Steve Cramer <cramer_at_coe.uga.edu> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] PFD Required?? 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/ ***************************************************************************
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