>Mike wrote: > >[SNIP] >What worries me more is the great number of people I see in rented >canoes and recreational kayaks wearing no PFD at all-whether or not they >can swim. A few months ago a woman paddling the Huron river fell out of >a canoe she was paddling with her boyfriend and child drowned right >next to the boat. This happened in a pond upstream from a dam where >there's almost no perceptible current. [SNIP] We've had a couple of canoe related fatalities this year here in the Twin Cities. The downtown chain of lakes is a very popular with rental canoeists. All the deaths I know of were drowning after a dunking while not wearing a PFD. -Patrick *************************************************************************** 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 - 14:14:04 PDT
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