Nick Schade wrote: > A report just out from the Coast Guard: > http://www.uscgboating.org/safety/efficacy.htm > Thanks for passing that along Nick. The sponson part is interesting, but the bit about Rick Homeostasis Theory was especially interesting. It explains why the "religious" debates occur here from time to time regarding pfd use, loading and other safety issues, and why nobody ever "wins." Seems that if there's not enough risk, we'll manufacture some! Make kayaks/kayaking safer and we'll push the envelope back to the same level of risk we enjoy. Carey *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jul 22 2004 - 06:54:18 PDT
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