[Paddlewise] VHF's

Hi all. I'm new to the list and have thus far been lurking in the shadows
trying to take in all of the information provided by the group. 

This paddle leash talk brings to mind an incident that occurred in my neck
of the woods, Victoria BC, a year or two back. A solo kayaker was rescued
clinging to some rocks off of Chatham Island (was this you Doug? :). He
apparently fell out of his boat while trying to retrieve his paddle.  His
savior ultimately was a VHF radio with which he was able to contact the CG.
This nicely demonstrates not only the benefit of using a paddle leash of
some sort but also why it is good to have a VHF aboard. I don't know the
details enough to know if he had the radio tethered to the deck of the boat
and managed to retrieve it, or if he had the radio on his person? (When he
was rescued he was boatless, paddleless, but had his radio with him) 

This brings me to my question; where do people keep their radios when
paddling? I have an older Lotus PFD that doesn't have a pocket large enough
for the radio. I'm assuming that it's important to keep the radio on person
in the event that you and your boat part ways. Right now my system consists
of stuffing the radio in between me and the PFD combined with a short tether
to a loop on the PFD. I find this to be uncomfortable at times and I find
that I am always repositioning the radio. Any ideas?

Steve Davis
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