Kevin said: >generally speaking colors of boats/small flags don't really matter much. >If you are really looking to have color make a difference it must cover >a large enough area to be seen from a distance. That is why the Navy >includes sea dye marker in all of our life raft and RSSK (rigid seat >survival kit- for ejection seat equppied aircraft). This dye turns the >sea bright yellow-green for a large area around where it is put in >(varying in size based upon winds speed, swells, etc) Are these dye markers the same size as the dye marker cannisters commercially available to us "civilian" paddlers? I've heard they're often dissipated quickly by wind and waves--I suppose the mil-spec dye markers have more "stuff", and the dissipation ends up being a Good Thing. Thanks for the advice on dye markers, strobes, and signal mirrors. Shawn 0 ____©/______ ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^\ ,/ /~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ 0 *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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