Re: The ultimate safety kit

From: Jim Ammon (jammon@ammon.asd.sgi.com-DeleteThis)
Date: Thu Sep 14 1995 - 14:16:46 PDT


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From: "Jim Ammon" <jammon@ammon.asd.sgi.com-DeleteThis>
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Date: Thu, 14 Sep 1995 14:16:46 -0700
In-Reply-To: James.Paugh@Eng.Sun.COM-DeleteThis (Jim Paugh) "Re: The ultimate safety kit" (Sep 14,  1:53pm)
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Subject: Re: The ultimate safety kit
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I was toying with the idea of sailing with boogie boarding gloves, rather
than regular 1/2-finger gloves. They are webbed between the fingers to
improve the power stroke from your arms. Anyone try this?

Jim Ammon

On Sep 14, 1:53pm, Jim Paugh wrote:
> Subject: Re: The ultimate safety kit
> > I guess the marine radio is the ultimate solution, but what I'd really
> > like is a pair of swim fins that were small enough to carry on my
> > body, yet big enough to be functional. This seems impossible, given
> > the fins that I have seen for scuba or snorkeling, but I wonder if
> > anyone knows of any that are a good compromise. These would also be
> > extremely useful in non-life threatening situations such as when
> > swimming out to the windline and back in when the wind dies.
>
> I used to use Churchill (brand name) fins for body surfing. They are
> fairly small, and would probably fit in a small mesh backpack. You
> could even take a hack saw and cut these fins down even smaller. They
> would be compact, but would still be better than none at all.
>
> ~Jim
>-- End of excerpt from Jim Paugh



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