Re: [Paddlewise] paddling at night

I've been playing with white LEDs and High brightness leds:

http://www.flinet.com/gulfstream/paddle.html

cya
-----Original Message-----
From: Chuck Holst <CHUCK_at_multitech.com>
To: 'Paddlewise' <paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net>
Date: Wednesday, March 03, 1999 12:51 PM
Subject: [Paddlewise] paddling at night


>
>>>
>We had so little light that we could not even see the
>tops of waves. We broke out some lightsticks and placed
>them on our stern decks so that we could stay with each
>other. We found that we had to cover half of the four
>inch lightstick because the glare was too bright for us
>in such a low light environment.
>>>
>
>While searching the Web for information about night vision, I ran
>across several sites offering LED flashlights for sale. Seems to me
>that LED lights could be used for a couple of purposes: making
>yourself visible to your companions and for illuminating your compass.
>For the first use, a low-intensity LED that could be attached to your
>PFD would be ideal. It should be fairly easy to make one from parts
>bought from Radio Shack. In fact, Sky and Telescope has instructions
>for making one for stargazing that could be easily adapted; theirs
>even includes a dimmer! The instructions can be found at
http://www.skypub.com/tips/projects/redlight.html.
>
>The Nexus (Silva) 70P compass has a hood available for it that has
>light stick illumination. Though I haven't seen one close up, it
>seems to me that it should be possible to replace the light stick
>with an LED and run the wires to a switch in the cockpit. As with
>the S&T light, you could incorporate a potentiometer to adjust the
>brightness. Other compasses would probably require a little more
>effort to mount the LED. LED batteries should last far longer than
>a light stick.
>
>LEDs might also be the way to go if you want to put running lights
>on your kayak. One possible problem: if the lights are too dim, power
>boat drivers might run you down thinking they are on a larger boat
>much farther away.
>
>Chuck Holst
>
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