Dave Kruger said on Tuesday, 13 October > enormous amount of preaching to the choir in this thread Doesn't hurt to have the choir kept awake ;-) Yesterday I had one of the Regional Councillors - quite distraught at the sight of all their careful work being downgraded to a 'recommendation' ask: "Why would you not want a law that's going to make you safer ?" She was really unable to wrap her head around our reluctance to accept this boon. Would be glad to know more about the Canadian situation (I have some hopes of paddling in BC within the next year or so). I had formed the impression that there was quite good collaboration between the Canadian Coastguard and the paddlesports community - in reaching agreement on sensible regulation (if you'll pardon the term). A 50' throw line seems optimistic - I've practiced with a standard white-water one that is much shorter and it's tough to throw (from a seated position) even with practice. My tow line is only 10m (33') plus cowtail. Glad that you in Oregon are still free of nonsense. Eternal vigilance ! ;-) Best Regards Paul Hayward, Auckland, New Zealand *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Oct 12 2009 - 18:41:03 PDT
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