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Re: Kayak safety
Posted By: Lee In Response To: Re: Kayak safety (Roy Morford)
Date: Saturday, 23 December 2000, at 2:46 p.m.
Hi Roy, this time two years ago the local alternative paper published an article about the authors experience becoming fog bound on the Chesapeake in their Current Designs double and another parallel story of two fisherman that had a capsize with one of the men drowning in cold waters. I was on my soap box in response to the article as it was attempting to highlight the dangers of cold-water boating but the "kayaking" authors totally missed the boat ,so to speak, in their recommendations. Although well meaning the authors did not delineate proper clothing for being on a boat and being in a kayak. Fiber-pile, wool caps, and a pfd were used as examples for clothing. The authors mentioned ownership and paddling experience of 8 years with this double "without ever experiencing a capsize". There was no mention in the article about having practiced rescues in that stable double or how "boating" in a kayak is fundamentally different than "boating" on a boat. My concern was that the article was misleading as to the preperation required for a person to be safe paddling in a kayak in Dec. Fiber-pile and wool caps don't do it any more than neoprene or a dry-suit does. But being in the water practicing the rescues will.
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