I was lead to believe that a light blue was the most visible color at sea. I was recently involved with a rescue on a large inland lake in northern Alberta. The helicopter, police boat and plane spotted the light blue 18 foot CLC WR 180 before it spotted the bright yellow 21 foot double Tred Avon. The conditions were cloudy, 5 - 6 foot whitecapping waves, 40 knot winds and light rain. :) Jim Meldrum Slave Lake, Alberta. Canada > My Romany is bright yellow, top and bottom. Why did I get > the boat with this color? Because the Coast Guard told me > that is the most visible color on the sea, and therefore > the color they like best in searches. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Aug 02 2000 - 12:16:27 PDT
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