Re: [Paddlewise] Swimming and pfds...

--- James Farrelly <JFarrelly5_at_comcast.net> wrote:

> Perhaps use the PFD like a belly board to minimize
> drag?  I may play  
> with your idea this coming weekend.

I suppose-- I had in mind towing it some distance
behind one's feet.  A belly board is a whole new idea
(a better one I think).  How well a PFD would work as
such I'm not sure. . . sounds like you're about to
find out.   What about a real belly-board. . . stored
beneath the aft deck-lines, as if a life-boat of
sorts.  I even got to thinking of an aircraft
drop-tank shaped pod full of survival gear and a PFD
to tow to shore while swimming: The tank would nest on
the aft-deck with quick releases.  

. . . . But then I came to my senses and remembered
that I'm probably the least innovative guy in the
realm of kayaking  ;-) 
Best, Harvey 
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