This author believes canoe & kayak manufacturers are liable for the
"murder" of 1,000 paddlers because they don't install an "emergeny
life raft" on their crafts. What a bunch of BULL****! I can just
see a slew of class action lawsuits being filed and this guy being the
plaintiff attorney's "expert" witness against canoe & kayak
manufacturers, paddling schools, dealers, instructors, etc. Just like
those overweight plaintiffs who are trying to sue or "blackmail" fast
food companies to compensate them for making them fat.

I sometimes have to shake my head and scream at all this nonsense in
the USA about blaming someone else for their own stupidty. I read
somewhere that in Mexico, when you step in a hole, they call you
"stupid." In the USA, they call you a "millionaire." The personal
injury scam fueled by crooked attorneys in this country has just run
amuck.

Whatever you do, don't buy this guy's book.

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Canoe and Kayak Scam Kills 1,000 Americans -- New Book Details
Ineffective Canoe and Kayak Safety Measures Perpetuated by
Manufacturers

PENETANGUISHENE, Ontario, Canada, July 29, 2003 (PRIMEZONE) -- The
waters of life are filled with financial sharks. The public is
generally protected against commercial scandals, however, author Tim
Ingram feels there is a very important scandal occurring that is going
unnoticed in the rushing waters filled with Enron scandals. In his
book, Canoe and Kayak Scam Kills 1000 Americans: US Coast Guard
Studies Device to Save Victims (now available through 1stBooks),
Ingram discusses the inefficient safety measures and scam rescue
training that has cost many people their lives.

"This book specifically documents the murder of U.S. citizens in
canoes and kayaks through an instruction scam to make money and kill
innocent victims in the water. This book documents the method to lure
victims into cool waters from which they cannot escape," Ingram
states.

This book is an expose and a postulation of an easy remedy to right
the situation. According to Ingram, nearly 1,000 people have died in
the United States from canoe and kayak accidents. Most of the victims
died in the water from hypothermia because they could not get back in
the canoe or kayak.

"Canoes and kayaks are the deadliest boats in the world. They are
extremely vulnerable to capsize and flooding," Ingram says.

The fault, he notes, lies with the manufacturers. He feels they should
have an emergency life raft attached to the kayak or canoe. He details
how this device is easily and economically possible. Instead, he says,
companies offer a cornucopia of rescue classes, which he finds
ineffective and difficult. Many people are unable to perform these
rolls, he notes, and remain in the water until they succumb to
hypothermia, even in warm weather and wearing a lifejacket or other
floatation device.

"This book documents the selling of canoes and kayaks with reckless
disregard for human life. Canoe and kayak 'safety' is Enron-style
fraud, sold to make money for instructors and to sell all sorts of
paraphernalia that increase the risk of death. Enron did not kill
anyone," Ingram states.

Ingram was a YMCA camp counselor and canoeing instructor nearly 40
years ago and owned numerous boats, canoes and kayaks. He has a number
of U.S. patents for devices that effectively overcome hypothermia.
Canoe and Kayak Scam Kills 1000 Americans is his first book.

Wow, its real:

http://biz.yahoo.com/pz/030729/43212.html

FWIW, we know a lot of kayak tours (etc.) take a somewhat optimistic
attitude.

It's pretty scary (for instance) to see kayak tour ads that show somebody
paddling next to alaskan ice without even a sprayskirt.

On that subject, most people would suggest a drysuit to battle that
hypothermia, rather than a liferaft for your sea kayak.

A lot could probably be said for kayak safety without a) "scam" hyperbole
and b) translating into any one patented solution.

"Lefty" ) writes:

On that subject, most people would suggest a drysuit to battle that
hypothermia, rather than a liferaft for your sea kayak.

how about a sea kayak for your liferaft?


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"Bobo" wrote in message
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This author believes ---big snip--- Scam Kills 1000 Americans is his first
book.

Oh my God. Please, no. No, no, nooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!

Bobo wrote:

big snip

I take it that this is your introduction to Timmy the Sponson Boy. He's
been spewing the same crap for years in an effort to scare people into
buying his worthless "inventions". Apparently, he's "invented" a life raft
now. He's a lyar, a complete psycho and beneath contempt. Fortunately,
he's also nothing but a windbag and no one takes him seriously.

Thanks a lot for advertising his book for him here. You've done him a
great service. Then again, perhaps that was your intent?

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Regards

Brian

Brian Nystrom writes:

Bobo wrote:

big snip

I take it that this is your introduction to Timmy the Sponson Boy. He's
been spewing the same crap for years in an effort to scare people into
buying his worthless "inventions". Apparently, he's "invented" a life raft
now. He's a lyar, a complete psycho and beneath contempt. Fortunately,
he's also nothing but a windbag and no one takes him seriously.

Thanks a lot for advertising his book for him here. You've done him a
great service. Then again, perhaps that was your intent?

Probably not; it sounded like the standard tone of amazed outrage
that is the usual reaction to Sponsonboy's nonsense. For any other
Sponsonboy newbies, you are encouraged to do a little research --
just google "sponson" in this newsgroup over a period of several
years -- before weighing in on this issue. It's all been said
before.

Anyone happen to know if his "publisher" is the local Staples?

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Some days you're the windshield,
Other days you're the bug.

Gee, Bobo, don't Timmy got to make a livin', too?

By calling him a lyar (liar is the preferred spelling in English), a
complete psycho, and beneath contempt is likely to cause your fellow boaters
to confuse him with a typical lawyer.

Or advertising copywriter. Not to mention used car salesmen. I'm sure you
wouldn't class such a sterling fellow as Timmy with those other guys.

John Adams



"Brian Nystrom" wrote in message
...


Bobo wrote:

big snip

I take it that this is your introduction to Timmy the Sponson Boy. He's
been spewing the same crap for years in an effort to scare people into
buying his worthless "inventions". Apparently, he's "invented" a life raft
now. He's a lyar, a complete psycho and beneath contempt. Fortunately,
he's also nothing but a windbag and no one takes him seriously.

Thanks a lot for advertising his book for him here. You've done him a
great service. Then again, perhaps that was your intent?

--
Regards

Brian

John Q Adams wrote:

Gee, Bobo, don't Timmy got to make a livin', too?

By calling him a lyar (liar is the preferred spelling in English), a
complete psycho, and beneath contempt is likely to cause your fellow boaters
to confuse him with a typical lawyer.

Or advertising copywriter. Not to mention used car salesmen. I'm sure you
wouldn't class such a sterling fellow as Timmy with those other guys.

Of course not, as that would be an insult to lawyers, copywriters and used car
salesmen everywhere! Timmy would have to claw his way up the food chain a few
rungs to reach their level. ;-)

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Regards

Brian

Looks like Timmy's back.

Bobo wrote:

This author believes canoe & kayak manufacturers are liable for the
"murder" of 1,000 paddlers because they don't install an "emergeny
life raft" on their crafts.

WOW! Why haven't we heard about this in RBP?


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