Re: [Paddlewise] Safety in Recreational Kayaks

From: <kork4_at_email.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2002 15:56:16 -0400
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.
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