> We all read about using our PFDs at all times but many of us - > especially the veteran paddlers - don't wear them all the time. Some people > don't even carry one. The dialog on CASKA was interesting enough for me to > wonder what Paddlewisers think. > I always carry a pfd in my boat because it's the law. I will wear my pfd when I am with a group playing in the rocks, because my pfd is an integral part of my tow system which I want to be able to instantly deploy in the event someone gets into trouble. Other then that, I pretty much never wear one. That a pfd should be worn "at all times" while sea kayaing is, I believe, an old wives tale that the sport will eventually outgrow. Either that or the law makers will decide to step in and make our sport "safer" by making it law that the pfd should be worn at all times. I don't believe for minute that this will really make the sport any safer, and in fact it just might make it a somewhat less safe, but at least it will end the debate. Scott So.Cal. *************************************************************************** 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 Jan 02 2010 - 17:17:36 PST
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