A couple of us had too many "potential" situations last year so this year we painted our paddle blades "international orange" (as defined by the USCG). The front of the blade I left white on my Werner and yellow on my Lightning, similar to Jeff. Recently, heading down the Hudson on a gray, rainy, foggy day, we quickly recognized the decision to paint the blades neon orange was the right decision. The group had temporarily split in two and the front group was about a 1/2 mile ahead. The ONLY color quickly visible was the neon orange. The yellow PFDs & blades totally faded out which really surprised us (I guess it is best on bright, sunny days). If you focused you could make out some of the red. But for those of us "color conscience" on that "gray trip", we instantly concluded that International Orange was our color. Debbie Reeves Sandy Hook, NJ > ---------- > From: Bob Denton[SMTP:BDenton_at_aquagulf.com] > > Jeff Bingham has painted his Toksook blades red on one side and yellow on > the other, so not only can you see them from a distance, you can tell what > direction he's paddling. > > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Sun Jun 13 1999 - 06:48:12 PDT
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