[Paddlewise] Yum Yum Yellow

Philip Torrens wrote:

....when I re-gelcoat my boat, I'm going to colour
everything below the waterline that radioactive, high-visibility
greeny-yellow you see on ocean racing clothing (assuming I can find the
right pigment.) In addition to being easier to spot when you're capasized
and in trouble, ........

Around here (Southern CA) we refer to that color as Yum Yum Yellow. It seems
that someone did a study concerning what color kayaks were preferred by
sharks and the two most popular colors for attacks were yellow and then
white. (I wish I had known that before I bought my boat in Perception's
Granite)   ;)

Steve Holtzman


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