[Paddlewise] What's on ur PFD?

This a survey question.

I have two PFDs, one for canoe sailing and one for paddling. The 
PFDs protect my ribs. In one memorable canoe sailing race, I was 
going to windward in a good breeze (16 ft mast, 55 sq ft of sail) and 
leaning hard against the windward rail with my chest. I heard 
something snap and thought the buckle on my pfd had cracked. It 
was one of my ribs. 

My sailing pfd is long in the back, reaching nearly to my belt. This 
allows me to slide out on the rail with my back to the rail on the 
padding of the PFD. Before I found this particular jacket, the hard 
wood rail was eating me alive. I am too heavy to sit on the rail. If 
the wind lets up suddenly, it's over we go. I keep a horn tied to this 
jacket.

For paddling, I have a more standard type of jacket with a small net 
pocket on the front. My noseclips are attached to the jacket on a 
lanyard, and the clips themselves are kept in the pocket. I have a 
loud horn attached to the pfd on a lanyard. I have nothing else 
attached to the jacket.

What other items do you have attached to your PFD? How are 
those items attached? Did you have to sew attachments on the 
jackets for such gear?

Happy holidays folks!

Chuck Sutherland
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