JCMARTIN43_at_aol.com schrieb: SNIP: > While we design our own personal color schemes and frequencies of flashing > lights, maybe it would be worth visiting the idea that staying well clear of > shipping lanes while in kayaks is another viable alternative. SNIP I agree with you - on principal. I won't ride on the highway with the bike, and I will stay clear of the shipping lanes with the kayak. If I can. But when I paddle out of the Weser estuary for instance, I _have_ to cross the shipping lane just before Bremerhaven, because the shipping lane touches the quaiwall and pier of Nordenham harbor, giving no legal space for kayaks. I than _have_ to pass the Bremerhaven harbor entrance and cross the shipping lane again. These are the situations, where I will turn on my white light, if necessary my flashing light as well. And I have a white flare well prepared. I cannot avoid crossing the shipping lanes here or in and other rather busy areas, not by day and not by night. And if I want to take advantage of a ful tide, there are days with tidal situations you have to start in the dark. Mit freundlichem Gruss George *************************************************************************** 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 Mon Mar 12 2001 - 11:32:35 PST
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