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From: Chuck Holst <cholst_at_bitstream.net>
subject: RE: [Paddlewise] Deck Bags/Question (was Day Hatch)
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 11:12:05 -0500
I can't find my Canadian boating guide, but as I recall, the color 
selection is limited to yellow, orange, and maybe red, which would rule out 
my purple Palm PFD.

Chuck

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Chuck, what are the color rules?
John Blackburn

Chuck Holst wrote:

> -----Original Message-----
> BTW, I was told that Americans from south of the border are not required 
to
> follow Canadian throw line or PFD color rules in Canada, unless their 
stay
> exceeds a certain length of time, which I can't remember.
>


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From: Michael Daly <michaeldaly_at_rogers.com>
subject: Re: [Paddlewise] CCG PFD Regs
Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 16:14:58 -0400
From: "Chuck Holst" <cholst_at_bitstream.net>

> I can't find my Canadian boating guide, but as I recall, the color 
> selection is limited to yellow, orange, and maybe red, which would rule out 
> my purple Palm PFD.

The only item I found on the CCG web site suggests that this is true, but
on the other hand, you can get CCG approved PFDs in lots of other colors,
including blue and purple.  I know they relaxed a lot of the PFD rules
a few years ago, since they decided that having people wear them beats
having them not wear a regulation-color PFD (hey, fashion rules...).
They also allow more pockets than they used to.  Really big pockets are
still verboten.

Mike



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