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Re: Other: Two kayakers die off West Coast
By:HenkA
Date: 10/11/2007, 3:16 pm

: I was recently reading a particularly intense site online about side
: flotation devices and their usefulness (or rather the "criminal

For an independent review, check this link: http://www.useakayak.org/recoveries_rescues/sea_wings_recovery.html

I thought it made sense, got a set but haven't tried them yet. I added some hooks to the deck that I attached the buckles to. Of course the goal is to never need these things but who knows what happens, it's just another easy to store device that may help in case of serious trouble. Practice is required which is what I still need to do.

Henk

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Other: Two kayakers die off West Coast
Robert N Pruden -- 10/9/2007, 6:29 pm
Re: Other: Two kayakers die off West Coast
Acors -- 10/10/2007, 12:13 pm
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HenkA -- 10/11/2007, 3:16 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 2:33 am
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mike allen -- 10/11/2007, 3:01 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 4:55 pm
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John Monroe -- 10/13/2007, 2:12 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/13/2007, 3:23 pm
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John Monroe -- 10/14/2007, 3:56 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/15/2007, 1:36 am
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Bill Hamm -- 10/15/2007, 1:40 am
Re: Other: Magic bullets
Kris Buttermore -- 10/11/2007, 1:11 pm
Re: Other: Magic bullets
Acors -- 10/11/2007, 2:44 pm
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Acors -- 10/11/2007, 10:15 am
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Joel Fleischer -- 10/11/2007, 2:46 am
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Joel Fleischer -- 10/11/2007, 12:10 am
Side flotation
Mike Savage -- 10/10/2007, 1:48 pm
Side flotation idea is old news here
Robert N Pruden -- 10/10/2007, 8:03 pm
Re: Side flotation idea is old news here
Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 4:50 pm
Re: Side flotation idea is old news here
Acors -- 10/11/2007, 9:54 am
Re: Side flotation idea is old news here *Pic*
John Monroe -- 10/11/2007, 5:59 am
Archives *LINK*
Glen Smith -- 10/10/2007, 8:22 pm
Gulp!
Robert N Pruden -- 10/10/2007, 8:50 pm
Re: Side flotation
Acors -- 10/10/2007, 5:43 pm
Re: Side flotation
Mike Savage -- 10/10/2007, 6:12 pm
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Acors -- 10/11/2007, 9:39 am
Inflation mechanism *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/11/2007, 11:41 am
Re: Inflation mechanism
Acors -- 10/11/2007, 1:59 pm
Re: Inflation mechanism
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/11/2007, 3:08 pm
Re: Inflation mechanism *NM*
Acors -- 10/11/2007, 3:17 pm
Inflatable "life raft." *Pic*
Paul G. Jacobson -- 10/11/2007, 6:14 am
Re: Inflatable "life raft."
Mike Savage -- 10/11/2007, 6:36 am
Re: Other: Two kayakers die off West Coast
John Straatsma -- 10/10/2007, 8:56 am
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Robert N Pruden -- 10/10/2007, 7:29 pm
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Bill Hamm -- 10/11/2007, 2:30 am