Pam, The only way you are going to be able to know for sure is to wear the PFD in a controlled environment (i.e. a swimming pool) and test it with and without the backpack. I carry one also and my test indicate that the items do not have the buoyancy to effect the position of the PFD in the water. I would leave the pack on the PFD incase you are ever in the dire position of being seperated from your boat and having to signal for rescue. By the way I carry survival gear in my PFD pack which includes matches, garbage bags, first aid and a power bar. Just in case. stay safee Bob > > In the opinion and/ or experience of this group, would this cause > enough > buoyancy to push (float) me forward? If so should I consider removing > this > backpack ASAP if I'm alone, in the water and unable to self rescue? Seems > to me > it would tend to float ME in the face down position as I became less > competent. > Any suggestions to put rocks in the backpack will be contemptuously > ignored. > Thanks! > Pam in Washington State *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Nov 10 2007 - 23:30:29 PST
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