that is a very interesting story .....and to be honest i doubt it happened the way you have presented it, it sounds a lot like the "stories" about WMD's ....... would you please send more details i.e. when/where.... i think i'll google it just to verify ..... thanks, steve In a message dated 3/8/2011 9:18:04 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, skimmer_at_enter.net writes: I took a USCGAUX basic boating course for power boaters over the past month. They showed us an inflatable pfd that fills as soon as it gets wet. A few days ago, a young USCG cadet was participating in a practice mission, feel off a ship's ladder into the water. He was carrying about 60 pounds of gear at the time. Hit the water and disappeared. It seems that the water activated pfd that he had didn't have a gas canister hooked up in it. They recovered his body after a while. *************************************************************************** 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 Wed Mar 09 2011 - 03:40:22 PST
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