Re: [Paddlewise] CG sp*ns*ns investigation

The USCG prefers to promote products "made in the USA", so they are 
only certifying California Ballast Rocks for kayak safety at this time. 
And, despite NAFTA Canadian Ballast Rocks are subject to high tariffs, 
so the superior product is hard to come by in this country. I don't 
think I've ever seen one.


On Sunday, November 3, 2002, at 12:02 PM, Bob Myers wrote:

> I feel obliged to point out that using "California Ballast Rocks (TM)" 
> was merely my best attempt to make do at the time.  Everyone knows, of 
> course, that Canadian Ballast Rocks (TM) are the best, their use 
> having been pioneered by the paddling community's most presitigious 
> academic member, the great historian and hydrodynamicist, Dr. 
> Peregrine Inverbon.
> Nick Schade wrote:
>> Make sure you only sell the Coast Guard approved "California" ballast 
>> rocks. It is widely known that the variety from Washington are not as 
>> good. The ones from Washington DC are full of hot air and those from 
>> Seattle are full of hot coffee.
>> On Friday, November 1, 2002, at 09:25 PM, Matt Broze wrote:
>>> Maybe I'll go into the business of selling ballast rocks to the 
>>> military and
>>> kayak manufacturers.
>
Nick Schade
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