Steve Cramer wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Dave Kruger wrote: > Dave, why the sigh? I haven't seen any "railing." Lighten up a little. Yeah, you got me on that one. I should lighten up. > I'm not a body surfer/swimmer, so I accept your opinion as to how to do > it. My question was for paddlers, not swimmers. > > > > It might be useful for us to find out what the bulk of kayak surfers wear: > > PFD or no PFD. > Indeed, that is the question. Surfers, how about it? A little more > broadly, if you are, perhaps of necessity, attempting a surf landing with > someone who may flip and swim, do you tell him to take off his PFD? No. That person should make the decision based on their experience in surf of that size. An inexperienced person should *not* be out in big surf (over 6 feet). However, if stuck in big stuff, the PFD is probably a net benefit to a totally inexperienced person -- they will eventually wash ashore, and the flotation will help the waves to move them to shore. If nothing else, it makes recovery of the body easier <grin>. > > I do not kayak in surf. Too old and treacherous. > The surf is or you are? ;) Surf more than me! <g> -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Sun Aug 20 2000 - 09:57:22 PDT
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