I use the same rule that I use for riding a motorcycle or bicycle. I assume that 9 of 10 do not see me, and the 1 of 10 who does, Wants to run over me. One real problem is that human powered boats are not well covered in the COLREGS. Power and sail are very well covered and there is much less doubt as to what each vessel is required to do. On thing that really helps is when the kayak can stay in water too shallow for the other boats, then they can't hit you. This doesn't apply everywhere. michael rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com wrote: > Of course, no matter how well decked out you are, the first rule of > traffic is to absolutely assume that you are not in the least visible > and that the person at the wheel of that sailboat or motorboat is > distracted in conversation or other activity. He or she is just > generally looking for something big that might harm his or her boat in a > collosion and not looking for something small. > *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Feb 08 1999 - 04:26:08 PST
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