George, I have no desire to fight your battles - in fact given the disposition you have shown up to this point, I have no desire to continue this discussion beyond this posting. Hence, I won't be asking Nick this question.

Were I to ask him, or just about any other authority on kayaking safety, given the wide breadth of the question, I would fully expect the answer to encompass quite a wide variety of topics - and would be very concerned if the discussion was primarily centered on composite failures.