In a message dated 10/4/00 10:43:28 AM Central Daylight Time, mje_at_spamcop.net writes: << These boats are essentially small decked canoes, and few if any people practice self-rescue in canoes. Given the sheltered waters they're used on, so long as the users wear PFDs I think they're safe enough. Should they actually tip these boats over they'll do an automatic wet exit. >> What worries me is that I see people who have bought these for protected inland water, but after a while they decide to come down here to the coast. Although there are many areas where you can launch and paddle all day in protected water, many of the really neat places people have heard about require an open water crossing to get to the neat protected area. We often have calm mornings with glassy waters that turn in 20-25mph winds with a messy, steep chop in our shallow bays. I worry to much I guess about somebody getting caught out in a lot more than they expected. Mark J. Arnold *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Oct 04 2000 - 13:00:28 PDT
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