This past summer I took a night sailing course in Boston Harbor. On the return trip we had the Boston skyline as a backdrop with it's thousands of lights. Very pretty, but I was instructed to find a couple of flashing buoy lights a mile or two away, amongst all those lights. With explicit directions I as able to locate them after a few minutes, but then I blinked my eyes and they were gone forever. Is this a natural or acquired skill? In either case, I don't seem to have it. Fortunately I don't plan on any (much) night time urban paddling. I've only been on one night time paddle (full moon), and while interesting, not something (for me) to get excited about. I do know circumstances could make night paddling a reality and have been following the thread with intrest Clyde Sisler http://csisler.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
-----Original Message----- >Fortunately I don't plan on any (much) night time urban paddling. I've only >been on one night time paddle (full moon), and while interesting, not >something (for me) to get excited about. I do know circumstances could make >night paddling a reality and have been following the thread with intrest >Clyde Sisler One of the most well attended series of trips done here are the moonlight trips on the Delaware. We'll get 20 or more boats on a trip. Generally we do it a few days before the Full Moon, so that the moon is already up when the sun sets, hence no dark period. It's a very different way of experiencing the river and you see a lot of wildlife. I've had Beavers swim up to try to figure out what I was..... Mostly we carry cyalume lights so we could be seen, though one paddler has a running light on a post mounted behind him and higher than his head. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************
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