User talk:63.226.228.235

Sea sock edits
Hi there. I've undone the edit on the above article, as it cited personal experience and was written in a first-person tone, both of which aren't ideal for Wikipedia articles. If you can track down some reliable sources that can be included in the article discussing the topic you posted on, please feel free to - just be sure to cite it. Alternately, you can bring the discussion to the article talk page, and other editors on that article can assist. Tony Fox (arf!) 21:28, 25 March 2022 (UTC)

Just trying to prevent dangerous safety information from being passed on. I'm sorry I'm not familiar with editing Wikipedia. Deleting this very misleading sentence: "In some situations it is possible to empty the water in the seasock by turning it inside out." will go a long way towards fixing this article. The following sentence get things wrong, or backwards, as well:

"Though it is used in kayaks of various shapes and sizes, it is almost a compulsory accessory for paddlers with high volume kayaks that have no bulkheads, where the quantity of water filling the kayak could be unmanageable and in "skin-on-frame" kayaks where the construction method makes the adoption of bulkheads impractical."

It is hardly compulsory, large space filling float bags or gear bags are way more important (whether the kayak without some other form of flotation is high or low volume, flotation and lots of it is essential). Sea socks are a back-up and enhancement to float bags and should never be the only flotation method used. The article on Flotation I wrote for Sea Kayaker magazine (as a Safety editor) is no longer available online. The article I sent to Sea Kayaker magazine, before they edited it "Flotation" is is still available in the manual's pickbox of www.marinerkayaks.com which I keep available as a public service even though my brother and I retired the business way back in 2005. The flotation article goes into detail regarding the pros and cons of many forms of kayak flotation, and explains the importance of having lots of flotation. It also talks about why flotation is important, and the best ways to back-up the various flotation methods.63.226.228.235 (talk) 22:16, 25 March 2022 (UTC)