> 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. At the very nominal cost (CO2 cartridge) she has learnt her lesson too (hopefully) - why paddlers should not wear self-inflating vests :-) ... *************************************************************************** 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 - 16:25:07 PDT
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