Indeed, why would one want to exit a rolled kayak? Roll it back up!
"Galen Hekhuis" wrote in message
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On 7 Dec 2005 15:17:35 -0800, wrote:

I am not a kayaker but I wonder if perhaps they might make it harder to
exit a rolled kayak. Being a sailor, I always wear one.

I am a kayaker, and a sailor to boot (lived aboard and owned yawls and
sloops) and I a gimp too, and I can tell you from experience that a PFD
doesn't make it at all harder for me to exit a rolled kayak if necessary,
neither does it make it at all harder to roll one the full 360 degrees.

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA
Alone we can just aspire to be dumb, but together we can be truly stupid