Jack Fu wrote: >Hi, > >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. White, which I had thought >would be good, is not good because a white kayak can be confused >with cresting foam and whitecaps. > >Jack Fu > My Caribou has a yellow deck, red trim, and a white hull (red PFD). When I first got it, a friend remarked that it looked like a floating warning sign. Precisely. As for the white hull... I suppose if that were the exposed side (inverted), I too would be a part of the cresting foam and whitecaps confusion. Been there done that and will do it again. ;-) Melissa *************************************************************************** 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 - 13:30:28 PDT
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