----- Original Message ----- From: Fred T, CA Kayaker <cakayak_at_mindspring.com> (SNIP) > > Better to be seen and safe and avoid close and ugly encounters with larger > water craft! (Jet Ski's Included!!!!!!) Any other suggestions? We discussed this once before but it doesn't hurt mentioning it again. When paddling in fog it pays to stay out and away from channels. The GPS has created a new monster. Power boaters have less fear of fog now since they know their location (or think they do). Last weekend I heard a power boat blasting down the channel at high speed in fog . Maybe 50 - 100 feet of visibility. I suspect he had GPS and had confidence in his location and the channel. Only one small detail. He could not tell anyone else's position. Damned scary. Cheers, John Winters Redwing Designs Web site address http://home.ican.net/~735769 *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Jun 29 2000 - 05:38:28 PDT
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