[fatlazyless]

I scored a 96 on the 50-question test at the end of the boater course given by MP Officer Dave Learned in Ashland back in 2000, so I just forgot what's what with the pfd law in a row-canoe or a kayak.

Pfd's will ride way up on a person, up around their head, because a pfd is not tight around the arms, while a swimmer's belt is much better for swimming around in the water.

What to do? Keep a pfd in the kayak to comply with the law, but wear a swimmer's belt to be safe and not obstruct arm movement when paddling or rowing.

Is a throwable floatation device like the square cushion with the two long handles required on board a kayak or canoe or sailboat as well as a pfd?

Swimmer's belts are good for swimming! Pfd's are almost good for nothing because they make the wearer very awkward once in the water! If everyone on board the H.M.S. Titantic, back in 1912, had been wearing a swimmer's belt as opposed to a pfd, they could have easily swarm all the way to Saint John, New Brunswick, and nobody would have drowned! 1500 people drowned thanks to those awkward pfd's, and today's modern style pfd's are still very awkward in the water today!