Some clarification: Julio MacWilliams wrote: > > > > > I was curious if anyone knows of any boating LED set ups, since LED's have > > relatively low power drain and they come in the colors required for night > > time boat use (Red/Green/White). > > The white/red/green combination can only be used on power boats. Any > human powered boat must not have red and green lights. Not so. They may be used on human (and sail) powered craft, but are not required on human powered craft. > The white light for human powered craft must be visible all around, > 360 degrees. The only requirement for human powered craft is a light that can be displayed to signal your presence. It does not need to be coutinuously displayed or visible 360 degrees. A flashlight will do. > Intermittent and strobe lights are strictly forbiden in inland waters > except to indicate distress. The definition of inland water is not > as obvious as it sounds, most of the California coast happens to be > considered inland water. This is true (about the strobe). Of course, in international waters, the strobe can be used in non-emergency situations, but it is **very** irritating to your paddling companions. Even the continuously displayed white light may be irritating to anyoen paddling behind you. I prefer a long-burning chemical light strip. > Those are the regulations. > > There is a pencil shaped 360 degree light for sale at West Marine. > I tape that vertically to my helmet's back so that my helmet looks > like a light house (permanently lit, no flashing). They claim to have > a duration of 8+ ours on 2 AA batteries. > > Ralph wrote a nice article about the subject on > <http://www.seakayaker.com> > > Be aware that the swamp monster is waiting out there for night paddlers. :-) > > - Julio > Dave Carlson *************************************************************************** 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 Fri May 08 1998 - 19:29:58 PDT
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