Ralph, I have the ISK night navigation trip for the last two years. I have used light sticks, LED lights and Krill lights as well translucent cones over regular flashlights. Our legal lighting for this inland water trip were flashlights on each boat to be used for emergency use only. As trip leader last year I had two colors of lights on my back. One green and one red. Other paddlers had single color lights. My sweep said he appreciated the dual color lights on my back so he could, at a glance, distinguish me from the rest of the group. The light sticks, LED illuminated cones and Krill lights were low enough intensity that night vision was not disturbed. The regular flashlight illuminated cones were too bright, reducing the night vision of following paddlers. I like the idea of moving lights on the paddle, since moving or flashing lights are much easier to find and flashing lights are not allowed except as emergency beacons. I have been experimenting with LED Infintity lights in a homemade light stick. Blue, red and green are the colors I thought were the brightest and easiest to distinguish from distant white lights. For a just in case light, here in MN, I would stick with a AA powered flashlight as a warning light. I might also carry a red or green LED light as a compass illuminating light. Dana > -----Original Message----- > Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2001 10:46:28 -0500 > From: "ralph diaz" <> > Subject: [Paddlewise] Being Seen At Night--LEDs etc > If you have any ideas on this, let me know. > > Oh, another thing. We are trying to establish lighting > recommendations for > the following categories: > > 1. Just-in-case lights for a paddler to always have with > him/her just in > case they get caught in low light situations at the end of > the day because > of delays caused by winds or illness. > > 2. Lights for an individual to have when he or she sets > out deliberately > for a night paddle trip. > > 3. Lighting schemes that a group may want to employ as it > paddles as a > bloc. > > ralph diaz *************************************************************************** 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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