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. ;) Marilyn Kircus After Bob Volin's recent post I've just taken a run through the Atlantic Kayak Tours website. Good stuff, worth reading. I found this remark: "Whistles should not be attached to your PFD zipper." What can be the thinking here? I have a whistle attached to my zipper (I mean PFD zipper) and I can use it OK. PT, Melbourne, OZ *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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/ ***************************************************************************
----- Original Message ----- From: "Elias Ross" <generic_elias_at_yahoo.com> > 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. Yes, that is true that they have a fastex buckle or a tie cord at the waist. One of the PFD manufacturers, I can recall which (I was at the Paddlesport show in NJ yesterday and my head is still spinning at the variety of PFDs available these days), seems to have a double safety setup. the opening in the front has an outer flap that has a zipper and an inner flap that has two or three fastex buckles (one at the top of the opening, one at about the middle and then the bottom one that may be the waist belt fastex buckle). I think the idea is that for ventilation you can choose not to use the zipper and just have the vest connected at those inner flaps with the fasttex buckles. It certainly is a good backup. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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