----- Original Message ----- <Kevin50110_at_aol.com> wrote: > Wow.... After reading all these informed replies I wouldn't let a single > overweight guy who likes to fish in a boat; let alone a kayak, without at > least 6 months of intensive survival training by the appropriate government > authority. > > Come on guys! Who of you took one lesson before casting off the first time? > Many I suppose; so don't tell me please. Jeeez, are we so lame we can't take > chances without gov't approval? I'm sorry, I don't buy into any of this at > all. I've met all kinds of first timers who had a lot more sense than I would > ever credited them with..... 1) I took a lesson before my first kayak paddle (in a sit on top). 2) I read extensively about dangers, rescues, etc. before getting into my homebuilt closed deck boat. Based on my reading I went to a lake and practiced self rescues in shallow water before ever going into deep, cold, ocean water. 3) I've heard stories of several kayakers dying on the west coast in the past few years. All the ones I remember involved non-experienced paddlers in sit-on-tops who got blown out to sea, or who got separated from their boats, which blew away from them. *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Apr 18 2003 - 10:10:10 PDT
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