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Re: Paddle: life vests
By:Kyle T
Date: 12/18/2003, 4:25 pm
In Response To: Paddle: life vests (c)

C,

I tried on a half dozen at both Travel Country in Altamonte Springs and Outdoor World on International Drive before finding one that had very open arm cutouts. It could be better.

I would buy a more expensive vest but my experience while paddling over the past two years is no one down here wears them. It's Florida for goodness sakes. The rivers are so narrow you can practically step across them so you will never be more than a few feet from a shore. But most important is that and the water doesn't get nearly as cold as where most of our Bulletin Board chums live.

Of course, it's always better to be safe than sorry. The problem is that down here in sunny Florida you won't bother paddling in the summer if you have to wear vest. It’s just too hot. By the time winter comes around you are so used to not wearing a vest that you forget you own one.

No doubt that if I ever get the nerve to go to the coast to try surfing my nice wooden kayaks I'll remember to dig mine out. Probably never happen.

--KT--

Messages In This Thread

Paddle: life vests
c -- 12/18/2003, 2:26 pm
Re: Paddle: life vests
c -- 12/19/2003, 7:52 pm
Re: Paddle: life vests
chuck -- 12/19/2003, 10:59 pm
Inflatable
Randy Knauff -- 12/18/2003, 11:03 pm
Re: Inflatable
chuck -- 12/18/2003, 11:14 pm
Hmmmmmm, interesting, but....
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/19/2003, 6:22 pm
Re: Hmmmmmm, interesting, but....
Kyle T -- 12/22/2003, 7:52 am
Helium and hydrogen are not so good.
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/20/2003, 1:45 am
Re: Helium and hydrogen are not so good.
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/20/2003, 6:16 am
Floating away in your dreams :)
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/20/2003, 1:48 pm
Re: Floating away in your dreams :)
Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/20/2003, 6:43 pm
Re: Hmmmmmm, interesting, but....
Peter -- 12/19/2003, 6:34 pm
Re: Paddle: life vests
srchr/gerald -- 12/18/2003, 4:35 pm
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Kyle T -- 12/18/2003, 4:25 pm
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Chip Sandresky -- 12/18/2003, 5:10 pm
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chuck -- 12/18/2003, 5:56 pm
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Jim Farrelly -- 12/18/2003, 3:22 pm
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chuck -- 12/18/2003, 4:13 pm
Re:Regs vary by state
pikabike -- 12/19/2003, 1:08 am
Re: Paddle: life vests
Peter -- 12/18/2003, 3:18 pm
Re: Paddle: life vests
Kyle T -- 12/18/2003, 4:03 pm
So the guy in the skirt says: He's wearing a ...
Paul G. Jacobson -- 12/20/2003, 1:09 am
Re: So the guy in the skirt says: He's wearing a .
Kyle T -- 12/22/2003, 7:49 am
Re: Paddle: life vests
Peter -- 12/18/2003, 6:26 pm
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Bob Kelim -- 12/18/2003, 8:23 pm
Re: Paddle: life vests *Pic*
Marcel -- 12/19/2003, 1:13 am
Re: DU camo life vest *LINK* *Pic*
Dave Houser -- 12/19/2003, 7:17 pm
Re: Mad Dog Dry Bags *LINK* *Pic*
Dave Houser -- 12/19/2003, 7:24 pm
Re: Mad Dog Dry Bags
Peter -- 12/19/2003, 7:40 pm
Re: Mad Dog Dry Bags
Kyle T -- 12/22/2003, 7:46 am
PUNT GUNS!!!!!!!!!!!
Bob Kelim -- 12/19/2003, 9:53 pm
Re: Paddle: life vests *Pic*
Chip Sandresky -- 12/18/2003, 3:07 pm
I use the same one
Brian Nystrom -- 12/19/2003, 1:59 pm
Very Nice!
Robert N Pruden -- 12/19/2003, 11:19 am
Re: Very Nice!
Chip Sandresky -- 12/19/2003, 12:29 pm
Re: Very Nice!
ChrisO -- 12/19/2003, 11:55 am
Re: Very Nice!
Robert N Pruden -- 12/19/2003, 8:19 pm
Re: Paddle: life vests
sage -- 12/18/2003, 3:14 pm
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Malcolm Schweizer -- 12/18/2003, 2:58 pm
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Rick Sylvia -- 12/18/2003, 2:52 pm
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Paul Probus -- 12/18/2003, 3:07 pm
Re: Paddle: life vests
pikabike -- 12/18/2003, 2:44 pm
Ditto on the Stohlquist *NM*
Robert N Pruden -- 12/19/2003, 11:14 am