Re: [Paddlewise] Lights for night paddling

no UV problems here at night and

if someone turns a light on while we are paddling, it would surely blind all
of us! we need sunglasses to protect us from full moonlight in these parts
(Chesapeake bay tributaries). who has seen a shooting star while paddling at
night with lights?

not in marked shipping channels,
bye bye bliven
====================
>From bob phillips
>Michigan


>I used a headlamp once last summer in Kilarny Provincial park.
>
>Turns out, that even on the spotlight setting, there is enough scattered
>illumination to be distraction.  The light spills an reflects off of hands
and
>paddle.  In a very dark environment, the only thing you can see is hands,
>foredeck and paddle.


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