Have you seen my LED page: www.flinet.com/gulfstream/paddle.html The issue with Red/ Green lights is that as I understand it, per CG rules, a kayak should be marked with a steady white light. The reason one has a red/green light on boats and planes is to be able to identify their direction relative to the viewer. Kayaks are too narrow to make that practical and pose no threat of collision due to the slow speed most of us can achieve. Cya! -----Original Message----- From: Shawn Baker [mailto:shawnkayak_at_yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:55 AM To: Bob Denton Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] LED flashlight Say Bob, have you ever had any thoughts about building an LED red/green/white marker light system for kayaks? Shawn Winter looms and thoughts of winter projects are settling in. "Bob Denton" <gulfstream_at_flinet.com> wrote: >When I first posted my white LED flashlight experiments on Paddlewise a few years ago, these white LEDs were almost $10 direct from the manufacturer, Nichea. This light comes with 7 LEDs, 3 C cells and a strap for $32! Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Hi Bob, I don't know that kayaks are necessarily too narrow to make it practical, since there are combo red/green lights for small skiffs and runabouts that don't present much color spread. My rationale wasn't so much for the ability of other boats to gauge our direction or speed, but merely to identify us as boats, and differentiate us from background lights that are often un-moving. (A single white light on a kayak doesn't move too much over a short period of time, and could easily be confused...) I have your LED page bookmarked--very nice! Your comment about the new 3-cell LED flashlight spurred a thought that's been churning in the after recesses of my brain... Safe paddling, Shawn --- Bob Denton <gulfstream_at_flinet.com> wrote: > Have you seen my LED page: > > www.flinet.com/gulfstream/paddle.html > > The issue with Red/ Green lights is that as I understand it, per CG > rules, a kayak should be marked with a steady white light. The reason > one has a red/green light on boats and planes is to be able to > identify > their direction relative to the viewer. Kayaks are too narrow to make > that practical and pose no threat of collision due to the slow speed > most of us can achieve. Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
I believe the reason motorized craft are marked is to clearly indicate threat and direction of travel to other boaters. Any light on the water should be a cause for concern to any boater. I've seen the lights you refer to and they make sense for a motorized craft. There may be some rational for trying to determine if a kayak is coming at you or heading away, but at the distance you could tell, it is easier to just ask? I have just ordered a 9v 3 LED light as well. cya *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
See http://ledmuseum.home.att.net/zone.htm for up-to-date reviews of many LED lighting products, including some that haven't been released yet -- among them a new Arc flashlight using a new LED that makes it as bright as an ordinary flashlight. Also reviewed are LED replacement bulbs for 12V running lights and Minimags. Every time I buy a new LED flashlight, I find it's just become obsolete. Chuck Holst *************************************************************************** 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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