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Old 08-07-2009, 06:24 AM   #1
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Question Now, Where'd I Put My Whistle...?

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"...A 17 year old towing a water skier ran down and destroyed a kayak on Lake Sunapee yesterday morning. The kayaker jumped away and reportedly the boat passed right over him..."
Guess the skier missed him too?

Unless Lake Winnipesaukee is really rough, I go without wearing a PFD for this very reason (an emergency dive). The article reads like a "distressed" kayaker could use a sun-reflecting signaling device too. (A CD is free and very effective).

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"...I can picture him now, no spotter so he did it himself. Or maybe he was texting...!"
The article says he had "several people on board": A spotter can be a youthful one (and could be "texting").

I applaud those disciplined skippers who haul tubes and keep their eyes ahead at all times.
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Old 08-07-2009, 07:47 AM   #2
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Unless Lake Winnipesaukee is really rough, I go without wearing a PFD for this very reason (an emergency dive). The article reads like a "distressed" kayaker could use a sun-reflecting signaling device too. (A CD is free and very effective).
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!

If they had approved the swimmer's cap rule last year. The diver will waste valuable time donning his cap!

So much for 'nanny state' laws.....................
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