: For those who have never tried it: Practice a few self-rescues with
: your PFD on. Then try a few more with it off. This is exactly
: what I did very early on, with my first sea kayak, and, well,
: I've been wearing my PFD ever since.

I never go out without the PFD on, feels very strange to be on a boat now without one.

For years I spent lots of time on big boats and never considered wearing one unless it was nasty out, then you're in a harness attached to the boat.

Bill H.