You haven't wore the proper items before have you ?

Todays clothing protects you from damaging UV radiation by blocking the majority of the sun's harmful rays, letting you stay out longer on sunny days. Unlike SPF (Sun Protection Factor)--which is a measure of sunburn reduction from sunblock and protects you from UVA rays-- modern products are far more versatile, combining a tight-weave construction, UV reflectors, and UV absorbing technology. These features not only prevent sunburns and long-term skin damage, but they also protect the wearer from UVB rays in addition to UVA rays. UVB rays are much more harmful than UVA, and are present even on cloudy days. Plus, this protection doesn't wear off. Instead, your safety increases as the Ultraviolet Protection Factor (UPF) increases.

Bare skin with sunscreen can not & does not provide any thing close to the cool comfort of todays products designed for the job.

A cotton T-shirt is not in this category.

A-Jay

Good stuff! I got to thinking... What about UFO ?

Good stuff! I got to thinking... What about UFO ?

 

 Right UFO's  -  Unusually Fowl Odors.

 

My dogs cause those routinely while in my truck ~ Not Good. 

 

Sunscreen doesn't seem to help there either.

 

 

A-Jay

Right UFO's - Unusually Fowl Odors.

My dogs cause those routinely while in my truck ~ Not Good.

Sunscreen doesn't seem to help there either.

A-Jay

LOL... I'm just pickin on ya! Seriously though, good stuff on the potential dangers of sunlight.

A young person should heed this information and incorporate all the modern day technology into all of their outdoor activity's. I guess I'm just to ornery to comply myself ( sorta older too ) wait, being older is suppose to make me wiser, yea, ornery is the right word!

LOL... I'm just pickin on ya! Seriously though, good stuff on the potential dangers of sunlight.

A young person should heed this information and incorporate all the modern day technology into all of their outdoor activity's. I guess I'm just to ornery to comply myself ( sorta older too ) wait, being older is suppose to make me wiser, yea, ornery is the right word!

 

I know & I'm enjoying every minute of it.

 

A-Jay

I keep waiting to get called out on my avatar pic, lol.

Put some shoes on!

 

But seriously, the PFD is a no-brainer. I wear mine whenever the boat is underway, and all the time when the combined air/water temperature is below 120 degrees. I was ejected from my boat and landed at least 30' from it while underway, and the PFD saved my life. Water was in the 50's and air was colder. I was experiencing the early stages of hypothermia within 10-15 minutes, and I have no doubt that I wouldn't have made it without the life jacket.  

 

The thing that strikes me as odd with this story is that Tenkiller is not a lake that has a ton of boat traffic. I'm glad nobody was killed. If it can happen there, then it can happen anywhere.

I'm wearing flip flops, jeez. Youre the second person to mention that today!

To Be Honest... They will never learn

If you are in my boat and the big motor is running, you WILL wear a PFD or you WILL remain at the dock.  At trolling motor speeds, it's up to you.

This is my rule , I have had a boat wreck.. Like my chances a lot more with one. I also wear a impact rated one at the speeds my boat will run

  I use to own a Campion 198. I was fishing at the mouth of a channel and had a slight wind blowing out of the channel. It was warm and I had shorts, tee shirt and flip flops on. And for about the third time on that boat my flip flop tripped on the boat tie and in I went. At first I sort of laughed but then I had to get in the boat. A Champion sits nose high in the water so I swam to the back of the boat and because I was wet the rail became so slippery I couldn't grab it to pull myself up. I tried to swim the boat closer to shore but it was to heavy and the wind was push me out deeper. I finally bear hugged the motor and used the trim to left me up and slid over the top of it to get in the boat. I'm in pretty good shape and I had a really had time getting back in the boat. The Ranger I own now has an on board ladder in the back and fold down boat ties.

OK, ok, you guys have convinced me.     I just purchased a Mustang Inflatable PFD. Wore it yesterday (all day) for the first time, I think I can get comfortable with it. One thing though, you guys didn't tell me it would reduce the # of fish caught. Only 4 bass and 3 cats for a 1/2 day of fishing     Could be worse I guess, but not much.    j/k