Re: [Paddlewise] PFD For A Man With A Gut

I'm not sure I understand the thigh straps arrangement. Could you give us a
description?

John M

> I had the same problem and solved it with thigh straps
> not crotch straps. I saw this in a very expensive PFD
> and easily adapted the idea to my own. Now I can
> breathe because I don't need to put the PFD on quite
> so tightly. In addition I know that, should I have to
> bail out, my PFD will absolutely not ride up. I have a
> sea kaayking spray skirt that just goes right over the
> thigh straps, no shoulder straps. Works like a charm.
>
> I wish I had done this a long time again.
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