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

At 09:12 PM 8/2/2000 -0400, Michael Daly wrote:

>My own take on color, based on observing kayakers with visibility in mind, is
>that international orange is the best (as mentioned by Jack and Kevin).
I have
>an orange PFD and recently bought a yellow one (that brand didn't come in
>international orange).  Yellow is second best.  Putting orange Scotchlite
tape
>on the back of your paddle blades is probably a good idea.

Mike,
In the past I have wrapped reflective tape around the paddle shaft near the
base
of the blade. At night, light is reflected in an double arc as the blades
move through
the air. Pretty cool thing to watch actually. 
You can also tape different patterns of tape-no tape-double tape (etc..) so
that you
can I.D. a particular paddle/paddler at night.

Jeff.

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