>To be "legal", marine stores offer both a portable green/red bow light and a >white light for the rear, each about 10 inches tall with a suction cup at the >base. They are battery powered and float, for about $25 each. (Much less than >the fine by the lake patrol). They work best for those of you with flat decks. >These lights are to be seen, not to see, so a bright headlamp or other light >source would be recommended. This is the ultimate solution! > >Tim N. >Boat'n in the Ozarks > Tim, sounds like in your area kayaks are required to have full running lights? Used those lights about ten years ago, green/red at the bow and white at the stern, mechanically fastened to the boat. They have been sitting in my gear closet ever since, never to be used again. The best thing that happen was after about six hours the batteries went kaput, it was then I was able to get my night vision back. This happen during a continuous 50 hour paddle. Those lights limits your vision beyond the bow. To each his own, I'll stick with having a white light for defense and maybe if there is no moon I might check out the shore with the white light before beaching . BTW that suction with the suction cups at the base of those lights won't last very long, ya better tether the lights. Arthur *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Oct 16 2000 - 19:54:12 PDT
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