Look, I get it. Personal Flotation Devices (PFDs) aren’t quite high fashion, and in the summer they can be really hot to wear. I don’t like the tan lines I get when I wear mine for an afternoon on the water. But Steve and I won’t paddle without them, and that’s not just because Florida law requires adults to have PFDs in their kayaks with them.
Let’s get the legalities out of the way first, and then we’ll deal with the practicalities of PFDs in a kayak.
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