Derek wrote: > Sent: Monday, October 16, 2006 8:14 AM > > My understanding with the foam style is that they don't have nearly > the same buoyancy as the inflatable variey. If you need a paddlefloat > during winter conditions, you are in danger. It seems to me that you > are going to want all the boyancy you can get. Derek, I have both an inflatable (my main safety device) and a rigid float (used primarily when I was learning to roll). It's easy to do a paddlefloat recovery with either. In cold water, the rigid float is much faster because you don't have to inflate it. The most important thing is to get out of the cold water ASAP. Steve *************************************************************************** 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 Tue Oct 17 2006 - 05:05:47 PDT
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