At 10:28 20/04/2002 -0700, Jackie Fenton wrote: > > <snip> >Does the kayaker have to carry some kind of certification on >them to show the authorities their boat meets the guidelines or does >the boat have to display some kind of sticker visible to authorities >when out on water? I've now read some of the bumf (in French, on the French Kayak and Canoe Federation - FFCK - site), and the answer is yes: each kayak has to be certified, and indeed the certification needs to be "resined" into the craft . In the case of a home-made or imported kayak, it would seem that you have to arrange for the kayak to be tested by the FFCK (I wonder if they lobbied against some of this?). Of course, if the authorities challenged you two miles out to sea, you might have to jump out of your kayak to let them see your resined-in certificate :-) I haven't been able to get any definitive information on the status of folding kayaks in France: I'll maybe drop a line to FFCK and see what they say, if they can understand my rather dodgy french. Nick *************************************************************************** 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 Apr 22 2002 - 03:21:26 PDT
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