Marsh Jones  wrote in message news:acy_a.94762$cF.29148@rwcrnsc53...
 Tim Ingram wrote:
 squall.  High initial stability, loss of secondary stability.
 
 Marsh
 
 
 
  You might as well get this right:
 
  http://www.1stBooks.com/bookview/16818
 
  (paste in browser address bar if necessary)
 
  As you will read in the described contents of the book: Sponsons are
  not intentended for WW. WW is a special murder technique on its' own.
  Most people do not die on WW. They die of hypothermia, wearing a PFD
  or not.
 
  The rate of US canoe and kayak deaths per exposure hour far exceeds
  the worst vehicle scandals (Ford Firestone 15+), the fatalities in
  19th century mining in Great Britain 1000+, and the current fatalities
  in Iraq per exposure hour, in harm's way.
 
  You have participated in the largest experiment in social psychology
  since the Yale/Milgram experiments of the 60's. Goldhagen's "Hitler's
  Willing Executioners", describes a similar group behavior to RBP, such
  as the SS, basing execution on inferior "skills or other qualities".
  This was a best-seller in Germany, as well as a 1994 Harvard
  dissertation.
 
  You have recently contributed to the murder of 2, eleven year old Girl
  Guides.
 
  Tim
 ...rising to bait...   ...can't help myself...  ...CTRLAlt... ...
 oh, what the hell:
 Since I don't do whitewater, but do a *lot* of fla****er canoeing and
 kayaking, particularly in cooler climes, I'll call you on this one.  Not
   sponsons, dry suits, Mustang survival suits or anything else will
 prevent underequipped, ill prepared, unskilled people from venturing out
 in conditions above their ability.  Any device that provides this sense
 of false security has about the same utility as an out of date condom.
 Just a simple stat, taken from:
 http://198.66.37.82/issues/articles/DrowningFacts.html
 "According to the United States Coast Guard, deaths associated with
 recreational boating numbered 734 in the United States and its
 territories. Drowning accounted for 517 of the deaths. The Coast Guard
 estimates that about 450 boaters who drowned could have been saved by
 wearing a life jacket. Alcohol was reported to be involved in 191 (26%)
 of the deaths."
 This covers all recreational boaters in the US, not just canoes and
 kayaks for the year 1998.  Most boating deaths reported in Minnesota
 involve some combination of night, storm, no PFD, and alcohol, not
 canoes or kayaks.  In the past year, I cannot recall a single death
 related to a kayak or canoe in this state,which has more registered
 canoes and kayaks per 100,000 residents than any other.  We have more
 people die every year on snowmobiles than in all boats.  (maybe a new
 market - sponsons for snowmobiles)
 As you have directly, and without warrant, called me an accessory to
 murder, I'll take the unprecedented action for me and suggest you take
 your sponsons, remove the arms so they don't get in the way, and put
 them where the sun don't shine.
 Marsh
Stupidly Marsh, You do not understand rate of death.
Canoes and Kayaks have the highest rate of death in US history.  This
is due to the deliberate behavior of a tiny industry (about 100,000
new boats a year total!) deliberately organized to murder as many
people as possible.
Stupid Marsh. Good thing it is such a tiny industry or we could have
millions of dead citizens. But yours is only a tiny death cult.
Stupid, mean and deadly to kids, or any one else in a kayak or canoe.
Tim