[Paddlewise] Boat color and mosquitos

Based on a recent study I saw on a news magazine show, I believe the current 
thinking is that mosquitos are attracted by carbon dioxide, which is what 
mammals exhale. However, I doubt that the study included Dutch mosquitos!  

In a message dated 7/11/02 5:11:41 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
keesvdm_at_xs4all.nl writes:


> When I bought my Klepper about three years ago, I was advised against buying
> a yellow one, although it was one of my favorite colors for reasons of 
> looks
> as well as visibility. The dealer said he had bad experiences with this
> color being very attractive to the kind of mosquitos we have here in the
> Netherlands and paddling it here would be hell. So I chose one in the color
> "mint", which is blueish bright green. In the mean time it has faded just a
> 


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