John Fereira wrote: > > At 11:05 AM 12/1/00 +1100, Whyte, David wrote: > >Joshua > > > >I work for the Australian Maritime Safety Authority which co-ordinates all > >the sea rescues in Australian waters. I spoke to our SAR operators a while > >ago about colours for sea rescues and these were their comments > > > >Forget white its the worst colour for spotting at sea. > >The best colour is Flourescent orange. I believe there is an international > >standard for this and a lot of life rafts etc are coloured this way. > > International orange, I believe it is called. Actually the name of the color is International _Rescue_ Orange. I remember when the Canadian Maple Leaf flag was first being proposed three decades ago, an early printed version that I saw was strikingly similar in its color to good ole International Rescue Orange. I kidding my Alberta-born wife mercilously over that. Come to think of it the Maple Leaf flag is pretty visible and perhaps we should all fly big ones on our kayaks. ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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