Dave, It was fatality rates for all boaters, not just paddlers. I would need to dig around to find the data again. It was data from the Coast Guard for recreational boaters. I don't remember the exact scale of the graph but the fatality rate (deaths per person-boating-hours) started high with inexperienced boaters, dropped quite quickly around 100 hours as people got more experience, leveled out for a while before making a long, slow climb as the boater's experience level grew over years. It kind of makes sense in that those boaters doing the most dangerous things (going far off shore, in bad weather) are likely to be those with the most experience. If you want more detail, I will try to dig up the data and see how accurate my memory really is. Nick On Nov 9, 2007, at 10:34 AM, Dave Kruger wrote: > 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? > Nick Schade Guillemot Kayaks 824 Thompson St Glastonbury, CT 06033 USA Ph/Fx: (860) 659-8847 http://www.guillemot-kayaks.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 Fri Nov 09 2007 - 08:21:48 PST
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