The inflatable PFD doesn’t really make sense for cold temperatures since it won’t insulate very well. Sleeping on an air mattress in the winter is a chilly experience.
I looked at your website and was rather confused as it did not look like something written by a kayaker so I’m going to ask a couple of questions to clarify that your a kayaker as we all know that bots do not Kayak.
Where do you usually paddle?
What kind of kayak do you have?
What do you always take with you kayaking?
What style of paddle do you prefer?
When did you get into kayaking?
I agree with @tdaniel, but for different reasons. I do not recommend inflatable PFDs for kayaking in general. The inflation device is another avoidable point of potential failure and in temperatures below 40°F a CO2 activated device may not fully inflate a PFD unless it is already partially inflated. In a capsize situation in cold water I would not want to deal with playing around with fully inflating, or if the automatic device failed, inflating a Type V PFD. Time can be a critical factor when immersed in cold water,and proper insulation only extends the time you have but does not extend it forever.
Many people find self or assisted rescues without the additional floatation that a PFD provides more difficult.
On the web site you list 15.5°C (~60°F) as a safe temperature for only wearing warm clothing. I’ve voluntarily swam in water this cold and can only withstand it for 15-20 minutes before becoming seriously chilled. Subjectively, this is pretty cold to me.
It depends on the person and the conditions but I would not want to be out in big open water at that temperature without a wetsuit or drysuit, and especially not solo. Most people would consider around 21°C or 70°F to be safer. If for some reason you needed to be rescued bear in mind that the USCG considers anything under 2 hours to be acceptable.
I have neoprene pants and for a top I use a shell jacket under a PFD.
I can add another layer under the shell in very cold weather but primarily the shell provides windproofing.
When launching a kayak the water temp is around 50 degrees year round and the neoprene pants make this a lot more comfortable.
I’m fairly sure an LLM-powered AI wrote this forum post (as well as the blog post it refers to). (Also, check out the fingers in the AI-generated image in the blog post).
Which, damn, this is actually pretty sophisticated. Make a forum post, add “please complete my list in comments”, good SEO spamming.
I’ll vote probably not a bot since the person’s writing is not from someone born speaking english as first language. But, their website bio still implies they have never paddled before.
“I have been coaching swimming since 7 years ago. I love water sports, especially kayaking. I share all the information about kayaking until you learn how to do it. I wish I could paddle, but I haven’t yet had a chance.”
Right!
What if the cost of training AI agents follows Moore’s Law, at least for awhile? If Llama (Meta’s LLM) cost $ X to train, and now Deep Seek cost .05X to train, then in a few years anyone may be able train a custom LLM for a few bucks. It might not be cutting edge tech, but it’ll plenty good enough for the scammers who live by exploiting vulnerable social media junkies.
look I have been a swim coach for more than 7 years. Recently I started to read and write about kayaking and I love this water sport. I do not have much experience in it. because of that I am asking you kayakers to complete my weblogs posts in a better way for bigginers to learn something before kayaking just like me. I kayaked twice only when I was in Iran in Lake Urmia. have heard about this lake?
You yourself are a human, but 1) the images in the blog post are AI-generated, 2) the blog post /reads/ like it was LLM geberated, and 3) your LinkedIn profile shows you’re an SEO professional, and posting on forums like this is an extremely common SEO tactic.
Rather than try to be a resource relying on others, chronicle your journey expanding your story with each new experience.
Speaking of, close by you have at least three great resources in the way of the Brooklyn Boathouse, Manhattan Kayak and Yonkers Paddling and rowing Club.
Yes I am a SEO profssional. what does my website have to do with it?
I represent the kayaking subject which is a subject that I like as I said on my website!
It’s unclear why, given your experience level, you would take it upon yourself to write about kayaking. Especially a topic with as many safety implications as cold weather paddling.
