On Oct 16, 2006, at 11:40 AM, skimmer wrote: > I find Craig's response to my post about kids and PFDs to be > utterly breathtaking. The folks proposing the regs in PA from the > Fish and Boat Commission are the people counting the bodies and > fishing them off the bottom, not a bunch of ignorant politicians. Years ago a friend of mine died in a kayak that I had built him and left a wife and 2 children. It was a daylong paddle and he was within 100 yards of finishing. It was a tragedy and made kayaking very un- fun for many years for me. My father just happened to come upon a friend of his who had just flipped his small fishing boat. In going over the anchor line rapped around his leg and was pulling him down. He rescued him just in time. By the time they got to shore the Harbor Patrol had been called and were there. They told them that they never once have pulled someone up from the bottom who was wearing a PFD. The funny thing about this thread is that almost everyone says that they personally always wear a PFD but they don't want to be TOLD to wear a PFD. This seems to be a common American attitude, but it also sounds like a spoiled child's tantrum. Paul Montgomery paul_at_paddleandoar.com http://paddleandoar.com *************************************************************************** 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 - 05:07:12 PDT
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