There is a simple rule about travelling in fog. Don't. Only travel in fog if there is no option. For those interested in what to do if you get caught there is a good discussion of navigating in fog in Jeff Markell's "The Sailor's Weather Guide". If you paddle in areas where fog is common you should learn the conditions that cause it and be extra cautious when those conditions exist. Even at that you may not be able to avoid it completely. The biggest danger is the one mentioned by Colin Calder - that you will assume that a GPS makes fog navigation safe. The GPS may tell you where you are but it doesn't tell anyone else where you are. Like Saul I have seen many high speed powerboats zipping down channels on a full plane. You know they have a GPS and can't see squat. It is difficult not to hope they will meet their kindred souls head on. On Georgian Bay fog can set in quickly and when fog is likely (dew point spread is small) I paddle very close to shore and make no open water or wide channel crossings. I doubt if any safety gear will protect you from what a prop at high speed will do to you. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Specialists in Human Powered Watercraft http://home.ican.net/~735769/ *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sat Apr 11 1998 - 04:38:20 PDT
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