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Re: Kayak safety

Posted By: Lee
Date: Friday, 22 December 2000, at 9:56 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Kayak safety (Tom)

: I just came onto this chat room and yours was the first message I read on
: safety. The Coast Guard did a study of boating accidents that was
: published last August. The leading fatalities in boat accidents were
: kayakers and canoers! This begged the first question: were they hit by
: powerboaters? Don't know. Although the first numbers published by the USCG
: were wrong (off by TWO decimal places!), paddlers still took the lead. You
: can check BOAT/US magazine's November 2000, issue or look for more
: information on this particular survey in an upcoming Paddlesports Industry
: article by Francis Zera. assoc. editor of Canoe and Kayak magazine. I
: think its coming out in January, '01.
Hi Tom, I'll look into those articles. I'm surprised, I would have though jet-skis would have led the figures. Two years ago I brought my basic kayaking class in from a short paddle and there was a fellow on the docks with a broken femur from some accident on his jet-ski. From the same river where a famous persons son was decapitated while jet-skiing. My guess is that most sea kayaking fatalaties are during solo paddling with hypothermia the cause of death. Lotso' guessing.

Messages In This Thread

Solo Paddling
Dwight -- Monday, 4 December 2000, at 6:38 p.m.

Re: Solo Paddling
Don Beale -- Monday, 4 December 2000, at 6:55 p.m.

Re: Solo Paddling *NM*
Jax -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 8:35 p.m.

kayak Fishing
Steve M -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 9:30 p.m.

Re: kayak Fishing
Ian Johnston -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 10:48 p.m.

Sponsons
Brian Nystrom -- Wednesday, 6 December 2000, at 11:11 a.m.

Re: Sponsons
Ray -- Thursday, 7 December 2000, at 3:24 p.m.

Better look again
Brian Nystrom -- Thursday, 7 December 2000, at 5:12 p.m.

Re: Sponsons
Lee -- Wednesday, 20 December 2000, at 6:20 p.m.

Re: Sponsons
dave mcadoo -- Thursday, 21 December 2000, at 5:36 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Tom -- Friday, 22 December 2000, at 10:18 a.m.

Re: Kayak safety
M. Hamilton -- Friday, 22 December 2000, at 7:13 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Lee -- Friday, 22 December 2000, at 9:46 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
M.Hamilton -- Saturday, 23 December 2000, at 12:44 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Lee -- Saturday, 23 December 2000, at 2:30 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Robert Woodard -- Sunday, 24 December 2000, at 11:13 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Lee -- Monday, 25 December 2000, at 9:34 a.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Robert Woodard -- Monday, 25 December 2000, at 5:48 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Lee -- Friday, 22 December 2000, at 9:56 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Roy Morford -- Friday, 22 December 2000, at 10:57 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Lee -- Saturday, 23 December 2000, at 2:46 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Roy Morford -- Saturday, 23 December 2000, at 3:32 p.m.

Kayak safety - the value of a dry suit
Brian Nystrom -- Tuesday, 2 January 2001, at 3:53 p.m.

Re: Dry suit vs Neoprene?
Don Beale -- Monday, 8 January 2001, at 11:30 a.m.

It depends
Brian Nystrom -- Monday, 8 January 2001, at 12:51 p.m.

We are SAfe!
dave mcadoo -- Saturday, 23 December 2000, at 3:59 p.m.

Re: thunderboats
Lee -- Saturday, 23 December 2000, at 6:32 p.m.

Re: thunderboats
dave mcadoo -- Saturday, 23 December 2000, at 10:26 p.m.

Re: Kayak safety
Nick Schade -- Tuesday, 26 December 2000, at 10:53 a.m.

Re: Industry Safety
Ray -- Wednesday, 27 December 2000, at 10:51 a.m.

Industry Safety? I don't think so.
Brian Nystrom -- Tuesday, 2 January 2001, at 5:56 p.m.

Re: Solo Paddling
M. Hamilton -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 1:55 a.m.

Re: Solo Paddling
M. Hamilton -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 1:58 a.m.

Re: Solo Paddling
Ian Johnston -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 4:39 a.m.

Solo Paddling
liv2padl -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 7:28 a.m.

Re: Solo Paddling
Bert -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 7:30 a.m.

Re: Solo Paddling
dave mcadoo -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 3:05 p.m.

Re: Solo Paddling
Bill Bradshaw -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 4:54 p.m.

Re: Solo Paddling *NM*
pat joyce -- Wednesday, 6 December 2000, at 3:56 p.m.

Re: Solo Paddling
pat joyce -- Wednesday, 6 December 2000, at 4:00 p.m.

Re: Solo Paddling
FBC -- Tuesday, 5 December 2000, at 8:37 p.m.

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