on 20/3/07 14:04, John Horrell at seajohnkayak_at_yahoo.com wrote: . Except the sailing is > self-inflating and the kayak style is manual inflating. Last year I was coaching a paddler who wore an inflatable PFD. She told me it was self-inflating, a claim I, being the all-knowing instructor, corrected, pointing out that those used for paddling had a manual inflating tab. She had been paddling for several years, but had never capsized or done a wet exit, something she wanted to try. I stood alongside for support as she took a deep breath, closed her eyes, and gently capsized. Suddenly there was a great flurry under the water as her, indeed self-inflating, PFD roared into life, after waiting dormant all these years. Far from it being a smooth wet exit it became a panicked struggle, as she was hauled to the surface, twisted half out of the cockpit. I learnt a couple of lessons that day. Learning to listen was one of them. Cheers JKA *************************************************************************** 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 Mar 20 2007 - 12:39:08 PDT
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