A lot of PFD's have fastex buckles, which will keep the vest on you if the zipper is undone. I sometimes open the zipper on the vest to allow more ventilation with it still clipped. --- Marilyn Kircus <mkircus_at_academicplanet.com> wrote: > In big white water, a whistle can cause a life jacket to unzip and then to > be stripped off a person. Makes the lifejacket kind of useless. ;) Yahoo! Movies - coverage of the 74th Academy Awards® http://movies.yahoo.com/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Mar 25 2002 - 06:03:26 PST
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