> Fred writes: > >Two decided to make for shore about 100 yards away. They both >died. > Reason: Hypothermia??? Drowning. Real reason: Neither had >on a PFD, were > not dressed for the water temperature and the others >stayed with the boat. There was a very good discussion about rip currents and pfd's on PaddleWise some time ago. Might offer some possibilities to what happened. Of course, the debate on whether "to wear or not to wear" will always be there. I am convinced :-) See http://www.paddlewise.net/topics/technique/rips-fpd.html Cheers, Jackie *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Aug 19 2000 - 09:06:36 PDT
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