At 06:50 AM 10/29/99 -0400, Sandykayak_at_aol.com wrote: >In a message dated 10/27/1999 10:59:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com writes: > ><< certainly a whistle would pose no danger to a new or inexperienced >paddler other than the possibility of swallowing (all the more reason for a >big storm whistle). >> When I was first getting into kayaking I bought one of those large orange storm whistles. I don't recall the brand but the claim on the package is that it is the worlds loudest whistle and can even be heard under water. I do most of my paddling on Cayuga lake and put in on the "inlet". There are several boat marinas in the inlet. Fairly often there is a bit of motor boat traffic and the Ithaca College and Cornell crew teams are out there practicing as well as a few solo scull rowers. I keep the whistle atttached to my vest high on the left pocket where I can get to it quickly. A few months ago there was a large group paddle going out that was going out and meeting near a boat ramp. A woman was standing on the dock and trying to get the attention of everyone so that she could get a group picture. She yelled a few times and then said, "hey, I've got a whistle" and pulled out one of those little flat whistles and tweeted a couple of times. In my best Crocodile Dundee impersonatation I said, "That's not a whistle...This is a whistle" and blew mine loud. My ears rang for a bit but it got everyones attention. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Fri Oct 29 1999 - 16:33:34 PDT
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