On 18 Apr 2002 at 14:09, ScanSport wrote: > I am only trying to find a way to make recreational boats safer for > the "uninformed". But you are touching on my main problem here: How do we > define what is a recreational kayak vs non-recreational? I think it could be a good marketting ploy by one of the recreational kayak vendors. The boat is "safer" because it has extra flotation. Look at the auto industry and how hard they are now working at adding airbags in every conceivable place - far more locations than the initial legislation required, because the industry found that safety sells. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Apr 18 2002 - 12:56:27 PDT
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