I recall watching a couple of canoes come into a beach on the Sechelt Inlet, decades before this became a well-known paddling area. We could see the flash of the paddles at least a mile away, maybe more. It was a moist, grey day, with just a bit of sun beginning to peek through, the boats were heading south towards us. I can't recall the colour of the boats, but the occupants were in rain gear, green ponchos as I recall. We couldn't figure out what was coming until they were about 200 yards away, but we could see the paddles flashing forever. Looked really strange. Same with bicycles. The best reflectors are the ones on the pedals, because they move. I think I will paint my paddle blades yellow - and glossy! Rob. *************************************************************************** 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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