Ralph,etc- I was under the impression that a steady white light was required by the USCG for small craft operating at night. AquaSignal, and others, make special purpose "flashlights" that mount to the deck with suction cups or some other method, for small boats such as kayaks, canoes, inflatables. Is the Coast Guard thinking about changing this requirement, or is the study hoping to propose additional lighting specifically for paddlers? If the white light requirement is to remain, the best use of LEDs may be to reduce the weight and power requirements for a headlamp-style device which would be out of the paddler's field of vision, visible for 360 degrees and visible for greater distances due to the greater mounting height (as mentioned in another post). -Pete *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue Mar 06 2001 - 15:27:08 PST
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.4.0 : Thu Aug 21 2025 - 16:30:38 PDT