Quote:
Originally Posted by BroadHopper
This may be an example where a PFD may not save a life. It will be hard to dive out of the way in time if the wearer had to take it off to dive!
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I described
one such event four years ago: You don't even have time to stand up.
Quote:
Originally Posted by fatlazyless
"...Motorcycles sometimes get hit by other drivers who later claim that they never even saw the motorcycle..."
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I helplessly witnessed—and described—one
very close call
here.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mee-n-Mac
"...You can give Capt B all the time in the world to see the hazard but if he refuses to look..."
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Watch from your dock, as I do: You'll see that there are
more than a few boats that find it fashionable to cover their windshields with paint!
In that sense, an opaque windshield is a perfect excuse to not have seen a kayak.

So it wouldn't take a "determined fool" at all!
Quote:
Originally Posted by Slickcraft
"...If you end up in the water without a PFD, most likely the wind is kicking up waves and by the time you surface, the boat with PFD attached will have been blown away..."
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If
all that's being blown away is
pieces of kayak, it definitely makes sense to not be wearing the PFD!

(Especially on lakes where the shore—or rescue—is not far away).
Quote:
Originally Posted by Slickcraft
"...When crossing from Welch up to the forty islands we ofter encounter a boat on plane that does not appear to see us 'till pretty close..."
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You definitely need a "warning-CD" to reflect the sun! Your small-boat safety isn't fun-'n-games any longer.
CDs
are fragile, but I'm using epoxy to glue two CDs "back-to-back" now for sturdiness.