> One thought that occured to me: how about lights or LEDs built into > paddle blades? An LED and wire could easily be epoxied into a > wood/glass composite paddle blade with the batteries and switch in > the center of the shaft. The LED could be recessed so that it does > not affect the surface of the balde. From a distance, the lights may > appear to > blink, but as you get closer, there will be no mistaking that the > lights are coming from something that is not a motor boat or a buoy, > and probably will be pretty clear that the lights are coming from a > paddler. > > Just a thought. > [] Just another thought. I dunno if they would stay on or do much good but how about taping reflective strips to the blades? A 400 ton ship may not see it but they're not going to see much of anything anyway. It may provide some warning to smaller boats though. Every little bit helps. The moving strips will probably confuse the hell of them but at least they'll know something is there. *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jul 02 1998 - 10:00:06 PDT
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