I find that both when paddling a kayak or "driving" my skiff that the first thing I usually notice about distant kayaker(s) is the motion of the paddle. Because of this I requested bright yellow blades, rather than the standard (white?) on my Lightning Ultralight (so far the theory works and I haven't been run over<g>). Prismatic reflective tape might help also, but I think would be of marginal utility here where sunny days are the exception rather than the norm. I've always thought that hull color might be important in a rescue/lost at sea scenario re:visibility, but that during normal paddling it would play the secondary role in visibility - the primary being played the paddle..... Dave Seng Juneau, Alaska *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
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