John Fereira wrote: > Someone else mentioned a paint job on a Toksook paddle. Derek > Hutchingson painted his as well. If I remember correctly he > painted the powerface side of the blade on the right and the > non-powerface on the left bright orange. That way some looking > from the stern and and someone looking from the bow would always > catch a glimpse of paint. Not painting both sides makes it easier > to tell left from right easier when symetrical blades are used. I was on a night paddle on a local river when a paddler got tripped up in some mangroves. She was paddling with a black carbon paddle. After we got her in her kayak another 20 mins were spent looking for her paddle. The next day we took some of the ACR tape mentioned earlier and wrapped it around the paddle shaft next to and below the blades. Now no matter how the paddle is facing the tape reflects light. When pointing a light at the paddler at night the paddle is lit up in a reflective arc. Jeff Bingham *************************************************************************** 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 Jun 10 1999 - 12:25:38 PDT
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