[Paddlewise] Sponsons, information on Potomac Management Group, Inc; www.poto macmgmt.com

Details on this company are at www.potomacmgmt.com. 
Please consider just removing the word sponsons after the original posting.


And with a little more time, additional, independent information can be
obtained about Potomac Management Group Inc.  There are numerous public
records as this is an incorporated company.  This information is available
to us, the public, in the U.S.A.  This means, we, kayakers, may have to
spend a little more time than desired on land, doing a little work if we
desire this information.  And given of more time and the Freedom of
Information act (any newspaper or TV reporters out there), we can get the
contract from the U.S. Coast Guard.  I am assuming the effects of September
11 has not affected this flow of information and I could be wrong.   

I realize some of the hostility of sponsons in the kayaking crowd.  I
believe some of the hostility may be due to very poor marketing by a
particular person.  I also have a tremendous respect for Matt Broze as I
have read (and continue to re-read a book he co-authored about sea kayaker's
mistakes, and unfortunately fatal). 

With these notes, why are experienced sea kayakers so hostile to the mere
mention of the word "sponsons"?  I realize sponsons are not a replacement
for experience, good judgment, practice with rolling, etc.  However, when
discussing potential kayak rescues, this hostility is unwarranted in my
opinions.  I have not faced this hostility when discussing different kayak
rescues, for example, paddle float rescues.     




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