"jaybird" wrote in message
...
Tim you have cured me of ever reading this newsgroup again. You are
pathetic. Your right to free speech will now go unheard. I wish I
could think of something kind to say but I will just sign off forever
and leave you to your padded cell.

jaybird

You could just put him on ignore like everybody else does...

Cricket

On Jul 31, 6:17*pm, "Cricket" wrote:
"jaybird" wrote in message

...

Tim you have cured me of ever reading this newsgroup again. *You are
pathetic. *Your right to free speech will now go unheard. *I wish I
could think of something kind to say but I will just sign off forever
and leave you to your padded cell.

jaybird

You could just put him on ignore like everybody else does...

Cricket

Never in the field of Human Safety has so much been denied by so few
to so many: http://www.sponsonguy.com My life is improving, like so
many Americans and human beings throughout the world, after 8 years
of
Bush Cheney criminality, that rivals that of the Nuremberg Trials.

Rec.boats.paddle lurkers like yourself used the Bush Cheney years to
deny the American public 50 cent sponsons to get out of the water in
5
seconds. Without sponsons, no judge or jury can get out of the water
to save themselves. Go ahead, test a court with rolling, paddle
floating, canoe over canoe, capistrano flip, paddle a flooded canoe
or
kayak to shore. The judge, jury and the grieving families will not be
amused by these ludicrous ideas called "rescues". The depth of
perfidy
of your canoe and kayak death cult is plain and obvious criminality:
http://www.sponsonguy.com


And Just the Summer before 9/11, on rec.boats.paddle I warned about
"the creation of a murder cult" Today on Huffington Post or the NY
Times, etc. many articles refer to the destruction of the GOP by
attempting to stop American Health Care. It was the same principle
with safety sponsons, with over 1,500 dead Americans in Canoes and
Kayaks. It was the same principle after the Civil War with dedicated
corruption in public office toward the deliberate killing and
plundering of other Americans:


Editor Chris Cunningham, just like Dave Harrison at Canoe and
Kayak magazine, (see Dave's sponson prose-praise on the index page of
the website http://www.sponsonguy.com), decided to cave-in to the
murder cult of paddlefloaters and rollers, even though most people
can't save themselves with either one.


(Actually they had no choice, both magazines being exposed to
boycotts
by ACA lobby groups. The fact that they wrote about sponsons as much
as they did is to their moral credit.)


I told them in 1994 that their behavior would lead to a murder cult
in paddlesports, with the general public needlessly dying of
paddlefloating, rolling, etc.


The young Wisconsin couple were murdered by the cult, and so were the
2 kids in Washington State last week, who borrowed kayaks from
friends, thinking that canoes and kayaks are as safe as the
propaganda
in the magazines. Or the instructor propaganda.


Dead touring paddlers die differently from WW paddlers (who usually
die quickly trapped by a sprayskirt or pinned underwater). Dead
touring paddlers usually have lots of time to realize they are
trapped, with no escape, when they can't get back in with a
paddlefloat.


They think about not seeing their mom and dad again, as they slowly
die. Just like the 4 schoolkids at Lyme Bay.


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From: "safer21"
Date: Sat, 7 Apr 2001 08:51:51 -0400
Local: Sat, Apr 7 2001 8:51 am
Subject: Sponsons don't kill people. People Kill People
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Lyman, you stupid fool. You are not smart enough to understand that
Seakayaker and Canoe and Kayak Magazine etc. set out to trick you and
other
people with inadequate intelligence.


Over 1000 dead US touring paddlers now. Killed by not getting out of
the
water. Simple.


Killed by sprayskirts that trap. Killed by paddlefloats. Killed by
rolls. In
Greenland, the championships always use a big sponsoned rescue Zodiac
because they can't roll to save themselves.


But people are tricked and murdered. Like you.


Nothing humorous about murder John. Tell that "very nice lawyer" that
the
families of 1000 murdered victims can be reached using the US COAST
GUARD
database.


Get the law firms to work.


JOHN! Don't murder Spunky. Matt is dangerous.


Matt says on his website (last I looked) that rolls are much safer
than
paddlefloats. But of course, in Seakayaker mag etc., The World Champs
at the
Greenland Championships can't save themselves (and need a big
sponsoned
Zodiac rescue boat, and diver.)


Matt tells me that he wanted sponsons included throughout "Deep
Trouble".
This is due to the extreme liability of that book. Look at poor Doug
Lloyd
almost dying in Seakayaker several times. (Doug worships MATT). Matt
is mean
to Doug.


Seakayaker printed the sponson superiority article on the website
www.sponsonguy.com
and Matt was furious.


In Every issue of Seakayaker since 1993, in every article by George
Gronseth
and Matt Broze, sponsons are not mentioned. But outrageously
dangerous
and
murderously unsafe ideas are. George and Matt tried to change in
"Deep
Trouble" by including sponsons (but only in the book, for liability
reasons).


Editor Chris Cunningham, just like Dave Harrison at Canoe and Kayak
magazine, (see Dave's sponson prose-praise on the index page of the
website), decided to cave-in to the murder cult of paddlefloaters and
rollers, even though most people can't save themselves with either
one.


I told them in 1994 that their behavior would lead to a murder cult
in
paddlesports, with the general public needlessly dying of
paddlefloating,
rolling, etc.


The young Wisconsin couple were murdered by the cult, and so were the
2 kids
in Washington State last week, who borrowed kayaks from friends,
thinking
that canoes and kayaks are as safe as the propaganda in the
magazines.
Or
the instructor propaganda.


Dead touring paddlers die differently from WW paddlers (who usually
die
quickly trapped by a sprayskirt or pinned underwater). Dead touring
paddlers
usually have lots of time to realize they are trapped, with no
escape,
when
they can't get back in with a paddlefloat.


They think about not seeing their mom and dad again, as they slowly
die.
Just like the 4 schoolkids at Lyme Bay.


THIS IS CRUEL MURDER!


Young and fit paddlers in issues of Seakayaker and Atlantic Coastal
Kayaker,
who are saved just before unconsciousness, due to hypothermia, say
"I
thought of never seeing my kids...family...loved ones...again....."


Articles in magazines sometimes report that they think they "need to
practise paddlefloating more often" ( to avoid breaking paddles and
re-capsizing, pumping out, fitting sprayskirt etc.) This is the CULT
MURDER
EFFECT.


As you see in posts by Tom And Rick in this thread, the paddlefloat
is
not
going to save most people if they need it. It will murder them.


Anything depending on "Practise! Practise!" is so unreliable, it will
fail
in emergencies. Like rolls and paddlefloats. These ideas murder
people.


The judge self-rescues in 20 seconds, no practice, the first time,
with 20
second sponsons.


The Future Of Canoes and Kayaks


Murder in the 2nd degree is behavior that knowingly endangers
innocent
people and kills them. For example, discharging a gun into a crowd or
instructing people to paddle kayaks and canoes without sponsons, the
only
reliable emergency stability, to escape death by hypothermia.


20 second sponsons are foam, oral or gas cartridge inflated, in a
variety of
models to meet public safety needs.


Instructing people to paddle canoes and kayaks unsafely, and killing
them,
is a serious crime. Rolls, paddlefloats, and open canoe rescues kill
both
experienced and novice paddlers.
Without a reliable means to get out of the water fast, people are
murdered.
Even wearing PFDs.


BCU and ACA instructors, and commercial magazines such as "Canoe and
Kayak",
"Seakayaker", and "Paddler" deliberately endanger the public with
unsafe
instruction. The primary motive is profit, with group rolling lessons
and
paddlefloating lessons costing $400 an hour, on average. After a 90
minute
rolling lesson, the failure rate for rolling is 80%.


In contrast, 20 second sponsons are learned in 20 seconds, with no
failures,
unless physically disabled. Physically disabled paddlers can rescue
themselves using gas cartridge sponsons, simply pulling a cord. Then
they
crawl out of the water, using the rear deck as a boarding platform.
These
will retail for less than $300, including all hardware for permanent
installation on gunwales: Lightweight 1 lb., Compact 8 inch by 2 inch
gunwale fitting holding each deflated sponson inside, No drag. Just
pull the
cord.


Inexpensive, closed cell foam sponsons cost a canoe or kayak
manufacturer a
few dollars ($5) . YMCA camps and Boy Scouts can use rolled up
sleeping
mats, properly adapted, to paddle any flooded kayak or canoe to
safety
immediately, to escape death by hypothermia.


But First the kids have to escape death by ACA/ BCU instruction, the
commercial magazines, and the paddlesport industry.


Thousands of dead paddlers since 1993, when sponsons were available;
1000
dead paddlers in the US alone.


In this same time period, twice as many canoes and kayaks have been
sold
with built-in sponsons, compared to those without sponsons.
Canoes and Kayaks without sponsons kill almost all paddlers. Simply
because
people are not able to get out of the water, and stay out, without
sponsons.


The murderous instruction cult speaks of risk management, while
instructing
without sponsons.
In view of the much lower death rate for sponsoned canoes and kayaks
(of
which there are twice the numbers), the biggest risk is ACA, BCU
instruction
etc., with no sponsons.


The above parties have created a rolling and paddlefloating cult that
kills
without mercy. And Kills most paddlers, simply because they refuse to
teach
20 second sponsons. They kill people for money. This evidence is
proof
of
criminal behavior.


Ethical and intelligent paddlers are now bringing this murderous brew
to a
boil. Contact news media, offices of state or crown attorneys, and
grieving
families. This is a problem that is easily fixed.


A 10 year old child can turn any ACA instructor into a FOOL in 20
seconds.


Clip, clip, the Fastex buckles and any kayak or canoe is stable
enough
to
paddle fully flooded, to safety. The paddler gets warmed immediately.
And
the body core is out of cold water in 20 seconds. Plus Re-capsize
protection.


1. The Instructor is still in the water.


2. The instructor denies the public re-capsize ...

Cricket wrote:
"jaybird" wrote in message
...
Tim you have cured me of ever reading this newsgroup again. You are
pathetic. Your right to free speech will now go unheard. I wish I
could think of something kind to say but I will just sign off forever
and leave you to your padded cell.

jaybird

You could just put him on ignore like everybody else does...

Cricket

Exactly: that's by far the best option! No attention, no audience and
despite this group being pretty dead anyway, you can then concentrate on
communication with those people that still hang out here who *are* worth
the effort.

--
Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/

"Wilko" wrote in message
...
Cricket wrote:
"jaybird" wrote in message
...
Tim you have cured me of ever reading this newsgroup again. You are
pathetic. Your right to free speech will now go unheard. I wish I
could think of something kind to say but I will just sign off forever
and leave you to your padded cell.

jaybird

You could just put him on ignore like everybody else does...

Cricket

Exactly: that's by far the best option! No attention, no audience and
despite this group being pretty dead anyway, you can then concentrate on
communication with those people that still hang out here who *are* worth
the effort.

--
Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/

You know the ironic thing - *I* don't have him on ignore...sometimes he's
funny, in a sad sort of way, so occasionally if I'm really bored I'll read
something he posted...otherwise I ignore by just not clicking on his posts.

Did get out and check out our local "paddle up a ways for something to do"
river - this past spring's floods knocked out a bunch of log jams and gave
us a good little evening cruise up and back (did I mention it's small and
slow?)

Found the niche for my little cheapo Heritage Featherlite that I picked up
on Craig's list as a loaner boat - on that tight little creek with all the
logs, it skims right over and around like a real boat! ;) I think I'll
retire the Loon from that sort of duty and leave it for it's big open
overnighter type original purpose.

Cricket

On Aug 2, 11:17*am, "Cricket" wrote:
"Wilko" wrote in message

...





Cricket wrote:
"jaybird" wrote in message
....
Tim you have cured me of ever reading this newsgroup again. *You are
pathetic. *Your right to free speech will now go unheard. *I wish I
could think of something kind to say but I will just sign off forever
and leave you to your padded cell.

jaybird

You could just put him on ignore like everybody else does...

Cricket

Exactly: that's by far the best option! No attention, no audience and
despite this group being pretty dead anyway, you can then concentrate on
communication with those people that still hang out here who *are* worth
the effort.

--
Wilko van den Bergh * * * * * * * * * * * * *wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
* * Eindhoven * * * * The Netherlands * * * * * *Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/

You know the ironic thing - *I* don't have him on ignore...sometimes he's
funny, in a sad sort of way, so occasionally if I'm really bored I'll read
something he posted...otherwise I ignore by just not clicking on his posts.

Did get out and check out our local "paddle up a ways for something to do"
river - this past spring's floods knocked out a bunch of log jams and gave
us a good little evening cruise up and back (did I mention it's small and
slow?)

Found the niche for my little cheapo Heritage Featherlite that I picked up
on Craig's list as a loaner boat - on that tight little creek with all the
logs, it skims right over and around like a real boat! *;) *I think I'll
retire the Loon from that sort of duty and leave it for it's big open
overnighter type original purpose.

Cricket- Hide quoted text -

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The rec.boats.paddle posters took money from the American Canoe
Association, the major lobby group that killed over 200 American
children: Agonizing deaths like terminal waterboarding. American
children, American soil. Today we have mainstream American media
reporting that nearly 50 per cent of Republicans believe President
Obama is not American, despite a law passed this week in Hawaii
confirming his legal status.

American citizens still die with no single payer health care like the
major countries in the world with the most cost effective health care
(Germany, Canada etc.) Educated people know that single payer health
care has the best care for least cost, due to economies of scale.
Rec.boats.paddle used the GOP strategy of fear to attack sponsons,
just as American health care is now attacked.


The Bush Cheney years were particularly helpful to deny the American
public 50 cent sponsons to get out of the water in 5
seconds. Without sponsons, no judge or jury can get out of the water
to save themselves. Go ahead, test a court with rolling, paddle
floating, canoe over canoe, capistrano flip, paddle a flooded canoe
or
kayak to shore. The judge, jury and the grieving families will not be
amused by these ludicrous ideas called "rescues":
http://www.sponsonguy.com


Rec.boats.paddle today has a few posters who stupidly trot out their
perfidy from time to time, contradicting their own words, as we see
recently. This is a similar response to poor whites in the South
fighting for the Civil War to keep an underclass of slaves so their
own miserable existences were more bearable, if only in comparison.
This is the American political dynamic in a nutshell, essentially The
Sponson Story, in which the most obvious, patented, 50 cent sponsons,
in 5 seconds transform any canoe or kayak into a rescue craft; as
used
by some Coast Guard SAR teams.


My patents are well known to Homeland Security, USCG Admiral Hathaway
(see his letter on "FBI Public Safety Arrests" http://www.sponsonguy.com),
and almost everyone who knows what a canoe or kayak is.


The interesting part is that Americans are generally denied knowledge
of Sponsons, just like health care that most other citizens in the
world enjoy in developed countries; just like a white underclass
wanted slavery to feel better about their own miserable lives.


On rec.boats.paddle this "slavery" dynamic (preventing effective
canoe
and kayak lifesaving by use of dozens of Crazy "Rescues" that don't
work to save human life), has translated into the mass murder of over
1,500 Americans and hundreds of American children, documented by the
US Coast Guard database (BARD). These posters and the American Canoe
Association actually feel they are superior to the dead children who
did not have their "ACA judgment and skills", that in fact are
completely bogus, fraudulent.


See the pictures of 2 ten year old girls saving themselves (and any
other swimmers) in 5 seconds without any instruction or practice:
http://www.sponsonguy.com


No wonder the cowards on rec.boats.paddle are keeping their heads
down
these days!


Tim

TimIngram wrote:

snip

The rec.boats.paddle posters took money from the American Canoe
Association snip

Prove it!

--
John Nelson
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chicago Area Paddling/Fishing Page
http://www.chicagopaddling.org http://www.chicagofishing.org
(A Non-Commercial Web Site: No Sponsors, No Paid Ads and Nothing to Sell)

"Chicago Paddling-Fishing" wrote in message
...
TimIngram wrote:

snip

The rec.boats.paddle posters took money from the American Canoe
Association snip

Prove it!

--
John Nelson
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Chicago Area Paddling/Fishing Page
http://www.chicagopaddling.org http://www.chicagofishing.org
(A Non-Commercial Web Site: No Sponsors, No Paid Ads and Nothing to Sell)

The hell with prove it - I *want* some...

Cricket

On Aug 5, 2:58*pm, "Cricket" wrote:
"Chicago Paddling-Fishing" wrote in message

...

TimIngram wrote:

snip

The rec.boats.paddle posters took money from the American Canoe
Association snip

Prove it!

--
John Nelson
---------------------------------------------------------------------------*--
* * * * * * * * * * *Chicago Area Paddling/Fishing Page
* * *http://www.chicagopaddling.org*http:...agofishing.org
(A Non-Commercial Web Site: No Sponsors, No Paid Ads and Nothing to Sell)

The hell with prove it - I *want* some...

Cricket

Many rec.boats.paddle posters were American Canoe Association
instructors, using their ACA certification to take money from the
public for fraudulent "rescues" that most "experts" know can't
possibly work, even if, for every capsized canoe you have another
canoe uncapsized with 2 paddlers to help the first canoe. (Of course
the 2nd canoe is likely to soon capsize or fill in waves, attempting
to rescue anyone.) See the 2 dead boys from Darlington School in Rome,
Georgia. They died agonizing deaths near Suwannee Florida because
there was no means to escape the water (sponsons). Dead, DEAD, and
they died Agonizing deaths for lack of 50 cent sponsons: http://www.sponsonguy.com

You are disingenuous and deadly to kids. American Canoe Association
Hall of Fame member Cliff Jacobson in the 2005 book "Expedition
Canoeing" states: "The canoe-over-canoe rescue touted by the Red Cross
and Boy Scouts is generally impossible to perform in a running sea.
Far better to forget about the swamped canoe and gear and put your
efforts into rescuing the paddlers" (p.202.):

Famous Canadian canoeist and film-maker Bill Mason, reversed his
traditional rescue ideas after the dead schoolchildren (12) in the
1978 Lake Temiskaming tragedy, stating that these rescues simply
cannot work, in his last book: "canoe over canoe...I have since
changed my mind..." (Song of the Paddle,1988, p.126). Mr. Mason
advocated extra interior flotation in this book instead, but died
suddenly of stomach cancer just before the first sponson patent became
known. C.E.S. Franks reached Bill Mason's conclusion just before
Temiskaming, in The Canoe and White Water, University of Toronto
Press, 1977, p.123: "...nearly useless...On a stormy lake where upsets
are likely to occur, the water is often too rough and choppy." Note:
American Canoe Association Hall of Fame member Cliff Jacobson in the
2005 book "Expedition Canoeing" states: "The canoe-over-canoe rescue
touted by the Red Cross and Boy Scouts is generally impossible to
perform in a running sea. Far better to forget about the swamped canoe
and gear and put your efforts into rescuing the paddlers" (p.202.)
However, in Deep Waters, James Raffan notes that Jacobson's idea
merely capsized more canoes, killing 12 boys and one leader, Ontario's
Lake Temiskaming, 1978.
See page 108 of "Deep Waters": "Somewhere in the middle of the lake,
about two miles from shore and too far from the camp to be seen with
the naked eye, the canoe upset. Whether this was from a sudden gust of
wind on an otherwise calm summer evening, or from a novice paddler
"catching a crab" (a paddle) on the water and shifting position, is
not clear, although there was a tendency for some newspaper writers
(as there would be with Timiskaming fifty years later) to concoct a
violent storm to overturn the canoe. There was likely no storm. In any
case the big canoe upset. It had no air tanks, sponsons, or flotation
chambers,..."

Dillon published her book in 2008 anyway. Oyen and Dillon are
deliberately wanton and reckless with regard to human life, despite
the above book comment by even their own ACA Hall of Fame member Cliff
Jacobson!

Please note: with sponsons, more water inside creates more weight and
therefore more stability. See this stability below in "awashed" U.S.
Military kayaks: US Military Special Forces, 10th Airbourne, Fort
Devens, MA, 200 mile ocean kayak race, the coast of Maine, between
Military Kayaking Teams from about 12 NATO countries:
"basic, no nonsense...dramatically increase...safety
and...capabilities... It should be noted that within the North
American civilian sea kayak industry there is some controversy...Sea
Wings' direct competition with...the paddle float...the merits of Sea
Wings...far outweigh those of the paddlefloat...During the IMKP 1994
we used Sea Wings with all our rescue boats as back-up flotation/
stability for awashed kayaks needing assistance pumping out in heavy
seas. In addition, IMKP's rescue kayak was fitted with Sea Wings on a
permanent basis which allowed us to be far more stable in possible
rescue operations...Sea Wings dramatically increase re-entry
operations with capsized boats. Indeed, even with heavily loaded boats
(those approaching 1000 lbs.) most paddlers can easily re-enter the
kayak. However the most notable advantage of Sea Wings is with lightly
loaded boats; ie, those kayaks which are far less stable (more tippy)
than fully loaded boats. Recovery operations are far more difficult in
these boats and most students have extreme difficulty in mastering the
necessary techniques. This is compounded in heavy seas. Sea Wings
offers an almost guaranteed method of re-entering a lightly loaded
kayak even in heavy seas. Stability increase in heavy seas. Paddling
in extremely heavy seas is difficult. Sea Wings offer the crews an
additional method of dealing with such sea states. One of the most
dangerous situations a detachment can find itself in is that of towing
a disabled crew with full operational loads in heavy seas at night.
The employment of Sea Wings dramatically increases the safety margin.
In my opinion, this is one of the sponsons' most important
contributions to MAROPS... As an historical footnote it should be
noted that circumpolar kayakers (Greenlanders and Inuit) employed a
similar sponson/ float for stability. It differed significantly though
from Sea Wings in that it was free floating; i.e., there was
apparently no harness system and stability came from pushing down on
the float on the side of the kayak. In addition, during the late 70's
and early 80's we employed a similar system with our commo boats.
Waterproof bags were blown up and hand held to the sides of the kayak
while communication was conducted. The point here is that the idea of
some sort of support on the sides of the kayak for stability is very
old and universal." Invitational Military Kayak Paddle 1994
Evaluation

Without sponsons no canoe or kayak of any type can be "pumped out",
resulting in instability, re-capsize and death. Escape from certain
death is the main reason for the "life raft platform concept" in the
United States:
USCG Level Flotation Standard 33 CFR 183. Issued April 18, 1977;
Effective August 1, 1978 "Establishes level flotation standards on
rowboats and outboard boats less than 20 feet in length, the boats
most often involved in swamping and capsizing accidents, so that the
boat will float level when swamped and provide a safe platform until
rescue." The US Coast Guard report 071-01 reveals: "Canoes and kayaks
have by far the highest fatality rates per million hours of exposure (.
42) as any other boat type". In use hours, canoes and kayaks have a
far higher death rate than the deadliest vehicles. "Canoes and kayaks
have the highest fatality rate of all boat types." (Before the
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the U.S.
House of Representatives, May 15, 2001, BOAT/U.S.)

From: http://www.sponsonguy.com/AmericanCa...ionSafety.html

Tim

On Aug 5, 1:52*pm, Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:
TimIngram wrote:

snip

The rec.boats.paddle posters took money from the American Canoe
Association snip

Prove it!

--
John Nelson
---------------------------------------------------------------------------*--
* * * * * * * * * * * Chicago Area Paddling/Fishing Page
* * * *http://www.chicagopaddling.org*http:...gofishing..org
*(A Non-Commercial Web Site: No Sponsors, No Paid Ads and Nothing to Sell)

Many rec.boats.paddle posters were American Canoe Association
instructors, using their ACA certification to take money from the
public for fraudulent "rescues" that most "experts" know can't
possibly work, even if, for every capsized canoe you have another
canoe uncapsized with 2 paddlers to help the first canoe. (Of course
the 2nd canoe is likely to soon capsize or fill in waves, attempting
to rescue anyone.) See the 2 dead boys from Darlington School in Rome,
Georgia. They died agonizing deaths near Suwannee Florida because
there was no means to escape the water (sponsons). Dead, DEAD, and
they died Agonizing deaths for lack of 50 cent sponsons: http://www.sponsonguy.com

You are disingenuous and deadly to kids. American Canoe Association
Hall of Fame member Cliff Jacobson in the 2005 book "Expedition
Canoeing" states: "The canoe-over-canoe rescue touted by the Red Cross
and Boy Scouts is generally impossible to perform in a running sea.
Far better to forget about the swamped canoe and gear and put your
efforts into rescuing the paddlers" (p.202.):

Famous Canadian canoeist and film-maker Bill Mason, reversed his
traditional rescue ideas after the dead schoolchildren (12) in the
1978 Lake Temiskaming tragedy, stating that these rescues simply
cannot work, in his last book: "canoe over canoe...I have since
changed my mind..." (Song of the Paddle,1988, p.126). Mr. Mason
advocated extra interior flotation in this book instead, but died
suddenly of stomach cancer just before the first sponson patent became
known. C.E.S. Franks reached Bill Mason's conclusion just before
Temiskaming, in The Canoe and White Water, University of Toronto
Press, 1977, p.123: "...nearly useless...On a stormy lake where upsets
are likely to occur, the water is often too rough and choppy." Note:
American Canoe Association Hall of Fame member Cliff Jacobson in the
2005 book "Expedition Canoeing" states: "The canoe-over-canoe rescue
touted by the Red Cross and Boy Scouts is generally impossible to
perform in a running sea. Far better to forget about the swamped canoe
and gear and put your efforts into rescuing the paddlers" (p.202.)
However, in Deep Waters, James Raffan notes that Jacobson's idea
merely capsized more canoes, killing 12 boys and one leader, Ontario's
Lake Temiskaming, 1978.
See page 108 of "Deep Waters": "Somewhere in the middle of the lake,
about two miles from shore and too far from the camp to be seen with
the naked eye, the canoe upset. Whether this was from a sudden gust of
wind on an otherwise calm summer evening, or from a novice paddler
"catching a crab" (a paddle) on the water and shifting position, is
not clear, although there was a tendency for some newspaper writers
(as there would be with Timiskaming fifty years later) to concoct a
violent storm to overturn the canoe. There was likely no storm. In any
case the big canoe upset. It had no air tanks, sponsons, or flotation
chambers,..."

Dillon published her book in 2008 anyway. Oyen and Dillon are
deliberately wanton and reckless with regard to human life, despite
the above book comment by even their own ACA Hall of Fame member Cliff
Jacobson!

Please note: with sponsons, more water inside creates more weight and
therefore more stability. See this stability below in "awashed" U.S.
Military kayaks: US Military Special Forces, 10th Airbourne, Fort
Devens, MA, 200 mile ocean kayak race, the coast of Maine, between
Military Kayaking Teams from about 12 NATO countries:
"basic, no nonsense...dramatically increase...safety
and...capabilities... It should be noted that within the North
American civilian sea kayak industry there is some controversy...Sea
Wings' direct competition with...the paddle float...the merits of Sea
Wings...far outweigh those of the paddlefloat...During the IMKP 1994
we used Sea Wings with all our rescue boats as back-up flotation/
stability for awashed kayaks needing assistance pumping out in heavy
seas. In addition, IMKP's rescue kayak was fitted with Sea Wings on a
permanent basis which allowed us to be far more stable in possible
rescue operations...Sea Wings dramatically increase re-entry
operations with capsized boats. Indeed, even with heavily loaded boats
(those approaching 1000 lbs.) most paddlers can easily re-enter the
kayak. However the most notable advantage of Sea Wings is with lightly
loaded boats; ie, those kayaks which are far less stable (more tippy)
than fully loaded boats. Recovery operations are far more difficult in
these boats and most students have extreme difficulty in mastering the
necessary techniques. This is compounded in heavy seas. Sea Wings
offers an almost guaranteed method of re-entering a lightly loaded
kayak even in heavy seas. Stability increase in heavy seas. Paddling
in extremely heavy seas is difficult. Sea Wings offer the crews an
additional method of dealing with such sea states. One of the most
dangerous situations a detachment can find itself in is that of towing
a disabled crew with full operational loads in heavy seas at night.
The employment of Sea Wings dramatically increases the safety margin.
In my opinion, this is one of the sponsons' most important
contributions to MAROPS... As an historical footnote it should be
noted that circumpolar kayakers (Greenlanders and Inuit) employed a
similar sponson/ float for stability. It differed significantly though
from Sea Wings in that it was free floating; i.e., there was
apparently no harness system and stability came from pushing down on
the float on the side of the kayak. In addition, during the late 70's
and early 80's we employed a similar system with our commo boats.
Waterproof bags were blown up and hand held to the sides of the kayak
while communication was conducted. The point here is that the idea of
some sort of support on the sides of the kayak for stability is very
old and universal." Invitational Military Kayak Paddle 1994
Evaluation

Without sponsons no canoe or kayak of any type can be "pumped out",
resulting in instability, re-capsize and death. Escape from certain
death is the main reason for the "life raft platform concept" in the
United States:
USCG Level Flotation Standard 33 CFR 183. Issued April 18, 1977;
Effective August 1, 1978 "Establishes level flotation standards on
rowboats and outboard boats less than 20 feet in length, the boats
most often involved in swamping and capsizing accidents, so that the
boat will float level when swamped and provide a safe platform until
rescue." The US Coast Guard report 071-01 reveals: "Canoes and kayaks
have by far the highest fatality rates per million hours of exposure (.
42) as any other boat type". In use hours, canoes and kayaks have a
far higher death rate than the deadliest vehicles. "Canoes and kayaks
have the highest fatality rate of all boat types." (Before the
Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the U.S.
House of Representatives, May 15, 2001, BOAT/U.S.)

From: http://www.sponsonguy.com/AmericanCa...ionSafety.html

Tim

On Aug 2, 11:07*am, Wilko wrote:
Cricket wrote:
"jaybird" wrote in message
....
Tim you have cured me of ever reading this newsgroup again. *You are
pathetic. *Your right to free speech will now go unheard. *I wish I
could think of something kind to say but I will just sign off forever
and leave you to your padded cell.

jaybird

You could just put him on ignore like everybody else does...

Cricket

Exactly: that's by far the best option! No attention, no audience and
despite this group being pretty dead anyway, you can then concentrate on
communication with those people that still hang out here who *are* worth
the effort.

--
Wilko van den Bergh * * * * * * * * * * * * *wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
* * *Eindhoven * * * * The Netherlands * * * * * *Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---http://kayaker.nl/

The rec.boats.paddle posters took money from the American Canoe
Association, the major lobby group that killed over 200 American
children: Agonizing deaths like terminal waterboarding. American
children, American soil. Today we have mainstream American media
reporting that nearly 50 per cent of Republicans believe President
Obama is not American, despite a law passed this week in Hawaii
confirming his legal status.

American citizens still die with no single payer health care like the
major countries in the world with the most cost effective health care
(Germany, Canada etc.) Educated people know that single payer health
care has the best care for least cost, due to economies of scale.
Rec.boats.paddle used the GOP strategy of fear to attack sponsons,
just as American health care is now attacked.


The Bush Cheney years were particularly helpful to deny the American
public 50 cent sponsons to get out of the water in 5
seconds. Without sponsons, no judge or jury can get out of the water
to save themselves. Go ahead, test a court with rolling, paddle
floating, canoe over canoe, capistrano flip, paddle a flooded canoe
or
kayak to shore. The judge, jury and the grieving families will not be
amused by these ludicrous ideas called "rescues":
http://www.sponsonguy.com


Rec.boats.paddle today has a few posters who stupidly trot out their
perfidy from time to time, contradicting their own words, as we see
recently. This is a similar response to poor whites in the South
fighting for the Civil War to keep an underclass of slaves so their
own miserable existences were more bearable, if only in comparison.
This is the American political dynamic in a nutshell, essentially The
Sponson Story, in which the most obvious, patented, 50 cent sponsons,
in 5 seconds transform any canoe or kayak into a rescue craft; as
used
by some Coast Guard SAR teams.


My patents are well known to Homeland Security, USCG Admiral Hathaway
(see his letter on "FBI Public Safety Arrests" http://www.sponsonguy.com),
and almost everyone who knows what a canoe or kayak is.


The interesting part is that Americans are generally denied knowledge
of Sponsons, just like health care that most other citizens in the
world enjoy in developed countries; just like a white underclass
wanted slavery to feel better about their own miserable lives.


On rec.boats.paddle this "slavery" dynamic (preventing effective
canoe
and kayak lifesaving by use of dozens of Crazy "Rescues" that don't
work to save human life), has translated into the mass murder of over
1,500 Americans and hundreds of American children, documented by the
US Coast Guard database (BARD). These posters and the American Canoe
Association actually feel they are superior to the dead children who
did not have their "ACA judgment and skills", that in fact are
completely bogus, fraudulent.


See the pictures of 2 ten year old girls saving themselves (and any
other swimmers) in 5 seconds without any instruction or practice:
http://www.sponsonguy.com


No wonder the cowards on rec.boats.paddle are keeping their heads
down
these days!


Tim