Bobo

You obviously haven't thought this matter through carefully.

As a 100 day/year kayaker for 10 years over N CA and OR waters, I can assure
you that I always had an emergency life raft mounted just behind the bow
grab loop and a member of the Plaintiff's Bar (the lowest form of lawyer)
bound carefully with a bow knot just ahead of the stern grab loop. When a
rafter threatened to run me over, I turned my stern to the raft and my
lawyer would serve a complaint on the rafting company.

My standard equipage also helped to secure equal surfing rights on
attractive waves.

As platoons (nay, divisions) of lawyers depart with their diplomas from law
schools over our nation each year, only the kayakers can successfully
prevent this wave of flotsam from swamping our society. A well chosen
delayed roll-up from a nice deep hole permits one to dispose neatly of the
attached lawyer with a light pull on the bow knot lawyer binding.

I am sure that any kayak manufacturer can easily attach with duct tape a
small life raft to each kayak sold. With a attached disclaimer of liability
if the owner of the boat detaches the raft. See any member of the
Plaintiff's Bar.

Prudent kayakers will, of course, padlock their emergency life rafts to
their boat, so they cannot be stolen.

Best wishes on the water,

John Adams.

"Bobo" wrote in message
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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.