I'm with Doug on this issue: I carry a lot of stuff on my PFD I wouldn't want to be without -- including my hydration pack in the back pocket! Another reason I always wear one is that the law requires me to have one on my kayak, and I find it easier to wear it than to find a place to stow it where it's out of the way and I can reach it easily. If I get too warm, I unzip it most of the way rather than take it off completely. I once took mine off in a pool to dive for a sunken dive mask. When I made my paddlefloat reentry afterward, I found it harder to get my chest up on the afterdeck without the extra buoyancy of the PFD. Also, after many years of always wearing my PFD while kayaking, it just doesn't feel right not to have it on, sort of like driving without a seat belt. Chuck Holst -16 degrees F at our house today, but so sunny and windless that it felt comfortable to be outside __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4738 (20100102) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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 Sat Jan 02 2010 - 19:10:21 PST
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