In a message dated 11/6/1999 3:27:31 PM Central Standard Time, waterdoc_at_earthlink.net writes: << Ok, now that the testing is in--which whistle do you think is better to carry? I'm not looking for the legal waiver etc. cr_p--just your opinion. There's only so much room left on my pfd. >> That is why I said the Storm is overated. It is a big, bulky, easily broken piece of plastic and not any louder than smaller ones. In MHO, one is better off with something bombproof like the Fox orAcme Thunderer that will be there after years of smashing it on decks, truck tailgates, etc, etc. To think that a whistle will attract attention of a passing boat, stick your head inside the wheel house of a twin diesel vessel and tell me that again. The two best signaling devises bar none are a mirror and the knowledge of how to use is and a STRONG flashlight ie one of the Pelican lights or similaar ones. Light travels much farther than sound in extinuating circumstances. My whistle is tethered on a nylon cord and resides in my upper left pocket on my PFD along with an acrylic signal mirror. A three C cell Pelican light is in the lower right pocket. It has the tightest, most piercing beam of light short of a laser. Always, daylight or dark. Other times when appropriate I carry more efficient electronic communications devises like a cell phone and/or VHF-FM marine radio. So many of the places I go are not in range for cell or VHF. John LeBlanc O (____/_______) ~~~~~~/~~~~~~~~~ Bluecanoe2_at_aol.com *************************************************************************** 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 Sat Nov 06 1999 - 15:00:44 PST
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