Scott said: "...all of the reasons you pfd zealots try to use to justify always having to wear one can just as easily be applied to a helmet." If you take a PFD, but don't wear it all the time, where do you store the thing meanwhile? I think it's easiest to wear it. Same with a helmet. I wouldn't mind the option of taking one and putting it on when surfing, or near rocks etc, but where can you stow it? I don't want a helmet on deck, and I don't want to wear it all the time. Do you ever wear a PFD? In what situations? 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/ ***************************************************************************
Peter Treby wrote: > Same with a helmet. I wouldn't mind the option of taking one and putting it on > when surfing, or near rocks etc, but where can you stow it? I don't want a > helmet on deck, and I don't want to wear it all the time. > I have solved that problem, for my vacation to Corsica. I want to wear a helmet in surf, but don't want it on my deck or on my head the whole day. So I made myself a foldable helmet. It consists of 1 cm closed cell foam, from a camping-matress, covered with some very tough nylon fabric. Of course a hard helmet would be better, but at least this is a helmet I am prepared to take with me. It was a tough job for my sewing machine! Niels. *************************************************************************** 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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