Jack mentioned a lot of good "visual" equipment. I think, he misses one product, the fluorescine substances. Donīt ask for the absolute correct name, Fluorescine is the chemical class and there are small waterproof boxes on the market (like small key-boxes), containing a few grams (under 10, !!) of powder. You carry it at your PFD or hang it beside your whistle. Once poured into the sea, it behaves like oil, it covers a huge amount of water surface and changes it colour into an intensive green. This few grams cover over 100 squarefeet and stay over a long period of time, waves need a lot of time to diffuse it. It is quite cheap, about 10 USD (?) and one dealer ist Pains Wessex.. It is ideal for daylight and is a great help to be seen from airplanes over long distances. But best is, you never need to use anything of all the life saving stuff. Paddle save and long, Jochen *************************************************************************** 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 Thu Aug 01 2002 - 12:25:50 PDT
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