Matt Broze wrote: "The question I want to know is what color were your paddle blades. For visibility while paddling bright paddle blades waving around in the air attract attention way better than a bright boat or PFD. " My paddle has very large white blades (Tradewind model I believe) - I still can't believe how close the boats came by. I might also add that this borrowed boat had no bulkheads or flotation, and my friend STILL paddles it that way (stupid stupid!) - hence making a self rescue impossible. Florescent blades or a strobe light would have helped. Visability wasn't on my mind on a warm sunny spring day. Stranger still, our situation was noticed from the top of the dam and the Lake Patrol was called. Conditions were so bad due to the large open area in front of the dam - big waves! The 20 foot bass boat that brought us in almost rolled over as well. The fishermen had been visiting that lake for 30 years and never saw anything like it. (neither had I!) Tim *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Aug 03 2000 - 08:14:21 PDT
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