Dear All,

I side with Dave Manby,

this is really an old wife's tale. Keep it on and get below the tow, you
should pop up down stream somewhere and then you'll need it cause you will
be knackered.

Cheers,
Chris. Hawkesworth. One wat made these things for many years.

"John Woodhall" wrote in message
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"Peter" wrote in message
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wrote:
Allegedly...


On the original subject: no, i don't think I'd ever take my BA off if
stuck in a hole.


Nor me... I would rather be on top of the water than underneath. You
never
know if you are going to go down and flush through, or down and stuck
somewhere (undercut, double stopper).

Additionally - if I do get out of the stopper, I now want my buoyancy
aid
to help me as I tackle the next stages of the river.

Cheers

Peter


I doubt that if a stopper was that meaty then taking your BA off would
make
a massive difference anyway. Someone else may know better but i believe
the
bouyancy figures quoted are for static pressure. The bouyancy figure for a
foaming stoper would i imagine be somewhat lower. Perhaps thats why i can
never roll as well in the damn things ;-).