To: spokeshave
Wow, had no idea. Sad loss.
No disrespect intended, but would PFDs have saved them? Realize you can’t wear one 24/7, but I don’t take my kayak out without having one on.
10 posted on
06/30/2020 8:19:41 PM PDT by
bigbob
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To: bigbob
50 degree water, and waves breaking on the jetty. It’s an environment extremely hostile to human life.
15 posted on
06/30/2020 8:43:57 PM PDT by
gundog
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To: bigbob
Good question. I hated the big cheap PFDs, but always wore my inflatable deployable around my waist while driving the boat. Wife hate her vest type, even though it was a water activated inflate thing.
Boat flips though, you may be trapped and a PFD may make extrication more difficult.
Hitting a jetty and sinking should not have been a lethal accident, but who knows what happened. Seen videos of those NW sand bars and the crazy waves.
17 posted on
06/30/2020 9:10:31 PM PDT by
doorgunner69
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To: bigbob
PFDs are fine for ponds lakes rivers - but on the ocean they are useless especially with 40 degree water temps
22 posted on
07/01/2020 3:06:40 AM PDT by
PIF
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