At 09:06 PM 4/18/02 -0700, Robert Livingston & Pam Martin wrote: > > Other than that, is there > > anyone who would recommend that a PFD not be worn? If > > so, I would like to hear that argument. > >I often paddle without wearing a lifejacket although I have one with me >because it is a legal requirement. > >I do this because it is more comfortable (particularly in warm weather). A better solution would be to buy a more comfortable PFD. When I bought my first kayak I was looking at their PFD's and the woman that sold it to me (who's actually become a pretty good friend) gave me the following advice: "Get a PFD that is comfortable. If it's not comfortable, you're not going to want to wear it. If you are not wearing it, it's not going to be doing it's job" *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Apr 19 2002 - 10:15:11 PDT
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