Re: [Paddlewise] Red is not good. (was: Visability of kayakers)

From: <JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com>
Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000 16:45:22 EDT
Bill thought the slash was orange --- so did I.  Checked.  Here's the gouge.

"The design consists of a wide red bar to the right of a narrow blue bar, both canted at 64 degrees with the Coast Guard emblem superimposed. It was originally recommended in 1964 by the industrial design firm of Raymond Loewy/William Snaith, Incorporated and was adopted service-wide on 6 April 1967."

JCM

 

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