River float tubing - fatal accident in Canada

[IrishFloatTube]

This summer just finished a river float tube angler lost his life.
Maybe it is timely for the rest of tubing folks to be reminded of the importance of sticking to "safe practise".

[url "http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2007/07/08/news/news03.txt"]http://www.bonnercountydailybee.com/articles/2007/07/08/news/news03.txt[/url]
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[Saberfish]

[black][size 3]Sounds to me like the angler was using a craft that is not for river floats. In fact, I think that some states have min. craft length requirements for floating rivers.[/size][/black]
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[size 3]Dounuts and U-shaped craft don't have the stability of a pontoon boat on moving waters.[/size]
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[size 3]Reports like that are to read, and make people rethink their options on floating rivers.[/size]
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[IrishFloatTube]

Apart from how he managed to turn it over:
The report says he was "safety belted into the tube" ......
I can't imagine why anyone would strap himself to a boat of any kind.
That probably stopped him getting out when he needed to.
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[TubeDude]

[cool][#0000ff]I have been tubing over 50 years. I have written a book, several articles and many responses to questions from tubers and wannabees over the years. I ALWAYS tell folks that you should not take tubes into moving water...especially fast moving water with changing depth. When your legs dangle and you hit shallow water, or a rock, the force of the water can upend you or roll you down the shallow area. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Yep. Not good sense to float a river in a tube. Even worse to belt yourself in with a strap without a quick release buckle.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sorry for the guy and his family. The best that can come out of it is a lesson to others.[/#0000ff]
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[Riversedge]

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[cool][#0000ff]I have been tubing over 50 years. I have written a book, several articles and many responses to questions from tubers and wannabees over the years. I ALWAYS tell folks that you should not take tubes into moving water...especially fast moving water with changing depth. When your legs dangle and you hit shallow water, or a rock, the force of the water can upend you or roll you down the shallow area. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Yep. Not good sense to float a river in a tube. Even worse to belt yourself in with a strap without a quick release buckle.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Sorry for the guy and his family. The best that can come out of it is a lesson to others.[/#0000ff] [/reply]
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