Nick Schade wrote: > I did a study on boating deaths a few years back. Most happen for > boaters with less than 100 hours of experience. After that the fatality > rate drops precipitously. For a while. When experience starts climbing > up into years, the fatality rate starts climbing again. Nick, this is to important to bury in another thread. How much does it climb, for which segment of experienced paddlers (hairballers, old fogey-style paddlers, or everybody?), and after how many years? You said "boaters," so does that mean it was across the entire spectrum of boating, including power boating? -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** 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 Fri Nov 09 2007 - 07:34:43 PST
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